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¿Question #4784?
Gialmere: True Life Gaming: Have you ever taken the time to memorize several famous chess openings, only to find that the people you play with have never heard of them much less know the correct counter moves?

ocdspectrum: People still play chess?
MeepleMaven: Yes to the first part, and the second part is not surprising.
Elianto: luckly no
Woelf: The fact that there are so many "famous" Chess openings and countermoves that can be memorized is exactly why so many people hate Chess.
MartinWin: No.
sdlotu: Yes, my interest in chess exceeds most people's in this way. I have two shelves of opening books, and the current MCO.
Oakum: No
Niediam: Chess intimidates me. :(
pwilz: No, the only chess opening I remember reading was the Sicilian Defense, which, as I recall, amounted to moving your king's pawn.
ahauwi1: no
ZeroZilla: Why would you want people to know how to counter your opening moves?
falloutfan: Yes! It's pretty funny eh? They don't know when to be intimidated.
The Unbeliever: 42
GrimJester: No, and there aren't "correct" counter moves.
BagpipeDan: No, that's stupid
cgund: no
bigbadsteve: more like the other way around
i7dealer: no.
DHEK: Hahaha... not really. But even if do memorize some famous openings, and other people don't know how to counter them, then that's all the better for me, isn't it?
Benzebub: Yes, this has happened to me more than once.
Zelurs: Yeah, but when you know them, you can counter their un-orthodoxical moves more efficiently.
aleo09: no
vampywife: nope, can't say i have.
BobMaysJr: No - but except for teaching my kids to play at a very rudimentary level, I haven't played for 30+ years.
aramis: nope
Ebon Wendigo: Nope
2amp: no
Luthien: Ummm... no... I get laid.
MaksimSmelchak: Yes.
WalkerRedEye: nope
wargamer66: Of course, but people who have never heard of the standard openings are usually doing sub-optimal things
hellsbishop: No.
scriptorum: No, I'm "the people you play with" in this scenario.
Big Bad Lex: No
scribidinus: The Danish Gambit, in particular.
Kasper: just 2 very easy ones
confuse_a_cat: Yes, some of the people I've played have made the "correct" moves without knowing what variations I was playing.
ValJor: I know quite a few chess openings (tons, really) but I play in tournaments, so my opponents always know them, sometimes better than me
Tushratta: Yes.
jasta6: No
skrebs: Wow! We have a truly different set of friends. We memorize stuff like Poptart flavor introduction dates - like Wildberry - 1998!
MisterCranky: When that happens I jam a pawn into their nostril and punch them hard in the belly.
chillrunr: no, i hate playing chess
davebo: no
ZombyDawg: no
skrutsch: nope. I'm one of those people who don't know the correct counter moves.
jttm: Fantasy Gaming: Jack and Jill did what?
CortexBomb: Nope
GI Joe: No
Gecko23: Nope. I *assume* no one would know or care, so I wouldn't bother.
chaddyboy_2000: Nope.
Lord_Prussian: No
CDRodeffer: I have only a couple memorized.
skelebone: Sure not, nor am I concerned about chess.
Spielfreak: nope