Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for October 12, 2012

Nicely played Nate ;)

Who’s the sore loser now? =P atcha Gina!

And this is why I wanted Gina to win and take Nate down a few pegs. Wow, does Nate look awful here. Some teammate.

Come on, if Gina had won she would have been bragging about this to everyone, even boasting about how she would take down Artur and become the no.1 of the team and ruin chess club for everyone (Except for artur, who would be gracious and oblivious to Gina’s antics).Besides, we have seen Nate fake people out plenty of times at chess and during the school basketball matches. Plus isn’t he the king of “smack talk”, so it’s easy to see how he could dupe Gina like he did.

Nobody knows his chess like Nate.

WOOT!!!!!!!!!!!! :-D

She set out to spite Nate but got what she deserved. Good for Nate.

Yeah, he looks pretty bad, gloating as he always does. it just doesn’t hurt to see a little change once in awhile, like if Gina beat Artur THEN became #1, then he got his revenge. I think we all would have liked too see Nate loose in chess once in awhile. I’m sorry if i’m starting to sound like a critic, Mr. Pierce. But yeah, I guess i’m also kind of happy Nate beat Gina :)

Let me guess. You have a teacher from Spore.

what is sandbagging? Well any wayOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!

Go Nate!

It is crap. You can’t put someone into checkmate from check in chess. Someone should teach out artist the rules :-)

haha,poor gina

The chess club just lost a member.No loss really.

Nice burn!

As has been reviewed numerous times, it’s quite possible to checkmate out of check, through many various ways. It was a realistic depiction of a rare event. Nate deserved the win, Gina bests him on the books – mostly ‘cause Nate doesn’t work hard – and she’s insufferable in lots of other ways as well. Go Nate!

Sandbagging can work in some physical games, but in an intellectual game such as chess it’s a psychological ploy. If you play your best, it won’t make a difference.

If there was no cheating, chess is logic and process, and all wins are earned and deserved.

There is no name for a checkmate getting out of check, but there is a counter check, that can also be a checkmate.. If by removing the threat, your king ends up cornered and in check, you are checkmated.

Nate has never been a team player. It takes practice for some.

Gina stood no chance from the start

does anyone here remember ,Angie, nate’s old girlfriend?

Typical Gina attitude, “I lost so you tricked me!”. Love it.

Gina lost focus. She was playing her opponent and NOT playing the game. That is a fatal mistake in chess.

Hee hee hee! Good one Nate.

Nice to see Gina get taken down a notch. She always acts so superior to everyone, especially Nate.

I wonder if she’ll quit now.

He could have captured Gina’s piece that put him in check and that would have put her in checkmate, but that usually happens late in the game when there aren’t many pieces left and usually it doesn’t happen because the person checking them will know that it is a terrible move.

I wonder how long it would take for Nate to beat Gina if he wasn’t sandbagging.

Look up Fischer vs Spassky in 1972. Fischer started playing Spassky psychologically way before they ever got to Reykjavik.

You see, Senorita, the bool does not always loose.

fuh fuh fuh fuh!

You stuff something in a bag of sand?

That isn’t rude language. There are worse things said every day here. Bringing that up and falsely claiming it was rude language is the very definition of wanting to be snitchy.

Obi-Wan BigNatie

She’s a sore loser, isn’t she? :-)

Well, Gina you got what you deserved! I warned you about being cocky & overconfident! Now, it looks like Gina needs a straight jacket. But, I feel Nate should stop gloating and say in a serious & kind mood to Gina, “I’m sorry my friend, but I had to take you down!”

Way to rock, Big Nate, way to rock!

Gina challenged Nate, heck he even tried to get out of it, but she called him a chicken if he didn’t play her. In grade school, them is fighting words, so she got exactly what she deserved, a valuable lesson about focusing on the game, not the opponent. And he hasn’t gloated….yet. I like when Nate wins every now and then, most times he doesn’t win, so these victories are all the more sweeter!

yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssss!

Yes! Down a peg, Gina…hmm that;s probably cribbage rather than chess.

@NinjoarkWhat is Spore? I come from USA.

Okay, even I don’t know what the word “Sandbagged” means.

sand·bagDictionary result for sandbag/ˈsan(d)ˌbaɡ/verbgerund or present participle: sandbagging3. deliberately underperform in a race or competition to gain an unfair advantage.

I had to look it up…

the best part is she could NEVER beat Arthur!

Now that I think about it, Francis sucks at chess.

He won fair and squared

I love how awesome Nate is at chess.

Nice trick, Nate!

You might think sandbag is a random term, but it means To downplay or misrepresent one’s ability in a game or activity in order to deceive (someone), especially in gambling: sandbagged the pool player by playing poorly in the first game when stakes were low.

MLG moment

I loved reading that.

Gina needs to calm down. She could have bad health from freaking out so much