# Good chess players: What do you do when a bad player wants to play?

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** board-card-word-game, chess\
**Created:** [December 26, 2021, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-chess-players-what-do-you-do-when-a-bad-player-wants-to-play/956644 "2021-12-26T00:20:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-chess-players-what-do-you-do-when-a-bad-player-wants-to-play/956644/11 "2021-12-27T00:39:32Z")

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> [@wolfpup](#):
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> I’ve rarely had the chance to play tournament-level experts

If you’d like a training game against a tournament-level expert, then I can grant your Xmas wish! 😃  
Here’s an example of what I mean (there is one thread for the game and another for comments / analysis etc.):

[Chess training game between glee and NAF1138 - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-training-game-between-glee-and-naf1138/847290)

[Chess training game between glee and NAF1138 - comments etc - The Game Room - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-training-game-between-glee-and-naf1138-comments-etc/847289)

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