CHESS CHEATS!

Submitted by Trickster on Wed, 08/08/2007 at 11:49am.

Me and my friend usually go to the local chess club at the university. Once when we were there we were having a tournament and i was winning. So my jealous friend who was filled with envy tried to make me lose by talking out loud and telling me to move this and that. I didn't listen to his advice which was anyway against the rules but it makes me wonder why people chess to the limit and not keep at as a game.

Once when I was just seven or something so I used to be not that good but I used to still beat all my litle buddies. Some guys would just get so pisseed that they lost and start swearing badily!? I used to tell them that it is just a game but they wouldn't listen. Some peeps would quit chess just cuase they lost all the time.

Do u think chess begginers should play with easier players first rarther than hard so they don't go all emotinal? Should chess be taken to heart, or just kept as a game?

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by Phobetor - 14 months ago
Eindhoven Netherlands

Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 657

On the one hand I agree and chess players should have good self control and shouldn't swear and shouldn't be unsportsmanlike. On the other hand however, I haven't seen many (if any) players who didn't really mind losing too much getting very strong. You need to be very competitive, and you need to really want to win every game if you want to improve.

Deep inside I'm also a player who can't stand losing. That's also what makes me study chess and try to improve, because I just can't stand it that some players are better. I do have better self-control when I lose (you won't see me swear), but I am certainly angry and disappointed that I lost.

And to get back to your point of "Should beginners play weaker players and win, or play stronger players and lose alot?", I do think that you learn more by losing. It may be bad at first, losing so many times, but if you really have the will to play chess and improve, you will eventually start winning, and you'll have improved more than when you kept playing weaker players. But you shouldn't exaggerate of course; it's also no use for a beginner to only play players rated 2000+.

by fair_and_equal - 14 months ago
Norwich England

Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 62

Ive never come across one but it is a game but it should be played with PASSION

by alec94x - 14 months ago
Canada

Member Since: Jul 2007
Member Points: 1156

"Some guys would just get so pissed that they lost and start swearing badily!? I used to tell them that it is just a game but they wouldn't listen"

That's a lack of class self control and discipline when an opponent doesn't have his or her emotions in check they are not thinking with a clear head and will self destruct.

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