Comment by lastbookworm

In my scholastic chess days I used to play a lot of suicide chess between rounds. What continually amazed me is how very few players could grasp the basics of how to play suicide. The nature of suicide chess strategy was too conter-intuitive I guess. I'd be capturing be after piece after piece and they'd get their hopes up only to have them crushed near the end when my superior force proved decisive. To lose at chess, one must first win.