I’m not gonna lie, this is kind of a sad story, folks…

The person who wrote it is going through some hard times with their father.

His dad had a stroke, and he was only trying to make his dad feel better; however, his actions had the opposite effect.

Did he do anything wrong, or did his dad overreact?

Read on to see what you think…

AITA for losing to my dad on purpose in a chess match?

“My dad was a professional chess player.

He taught me how to play when I was young, but I was never so invested and not anywhere close to his level.

This is sad…

So, he had a stroke a couple of months ago and was left with some cognitive issues though the doctors believe it’s mostly reversible and temporary, and we can tell he’s getting sharper by the day.

Last night he asked me to play chess with him, and I obliged.

The first match I won pretty easy, and in all my life I had only won like two or three matches against him before.

I could see how he was irritated and frustrated for his blunders.

They were only trying to make him feel better…

So, in my second match, I tried to lose on purpose to build his spirits up a bit. But of course he could soon tell what I was doing.

I first tried to say I didn’t pay attention, it was an honest mistake etc, but I soon fessed up.

To my surprise, he told me I’d disrespected him by acting like this and that he doesn’t need any favors and didn’t want to finish the game.

I don’t see it like this.

My mom says I should apologize, I don’t know how I could have been the jerk here.”

His dad was sharp enough to know his son knew how to play the game better than that!

Check out what Reddit users had to say about this.

This person weighed in.

Another reader said they’re to blame for this.

This Reddit user shared their thoughts.

Another individual weighed in.

And this Reddit user had a lot to say.

They were only trying to make him feel better…

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