Should I play a bad chess move on purpose?
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We're not using engines for these games. Please don't suggest specific moves for either player, or even general game advice.
Basically, for the past few months, me and my father have been playing chess since I've been home. We play super slow games, like 1 move every 2 days. The chess set is right in the middle of the living room, so it's hard to ignore.
We're both relatively weak players (<1200 for those of you that know what that means), so we play simple fun games that generally lead to one side winning by checkmate. However, I'm definitely a stronger player than he is. We've probably played 25 games or so, and he's only won 1, no draws. I can tell it's getting to him. It's not something big and important or anything, and our relationship is great, but I can tell that he's not happy about his performance.
In the game we're playing now, I'm white, it's my move, and I can see that I have a devastating next move, one that would basically end the game for all intents and purposes within the first few moves of the game. For those of you that know chess, here is the move sequence:
- e4 e5
- Nf3 Nf6
- Nxe5 Nxe4
- Qe2 d5
- d3 Nf6
So, if you know chess, you might see that if white plays to move Nc6+ it would be devastating to black. Knowing my father, if I play that move, he'd resign immediately and sulk for a while.
We're supposed to be having fun! We both really love playing chess, and I know you win and lose in chess, but I'm sure it would be frustrating to only play against a stronger opponent. I can't exactly ignore it either, like I said that chess set is right in the way of everything. I can realistically hold off moving for a little while, but he'd confront me if I just ignore it forever.
Should I play something else? Any other suggestion on how to handle this? Thank you.
NOTE
We're not using engines for these games. Please don't suggest specific moves for either player, or even general game advice.