This is generally what mentally weak, stupid people who can't achieve any
reasonable level of competance in chess do. They don't want to feel
inferior, so they invent reasons to criticise those who can actually play
the game. I run into idiots like that all the time at the tournament hall.
They start whining like babies when you beat them, make excuses, etc.

Jason Repa


"DDEckerslyke" wrote in message
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"Hmmm. Very defensive." Notes this amateur psychiatrist.

:-)

Taylor Kingston wrote:
Zero wrote:
Even former world champions act so weired.
Nimzowich did headstands
and exercises during his events.

Please tell us exactly at which events he did this. And BTW,
Nimzowitsch was never world champion.

Alekhine was drunk and crazy.

The former sometimes, but I have never heard that he was the latter
at any time.

Rubinstein decided to being a pooor chess player instead of going to
medical school like his family suggested and lead a normal life.

I believe the family's wish was for Rubinstein to be a rabbi, not a
doctor.

Karpov likes to have his knights point to the right on the board (like
it is some sort of superstitiion).

And I prefer to have mine point left, since that is how they appear
in a diagram. What of it?

When I play monopoly or scrabble with famil or friends, people don't
act so strange. I don't understand why it has to be this way at chess
tournaments.


Because there is no such piece as the knight in Monopoly or Scrabble.
LOL
Isn't there a race horse though? I prefer the Top Hat. I play with it
upside down to infer I am ready for others to give me their cash.
Rob

Well, I know how you can tell if a chess tournament has just ended in a
hotel.

There's no more toilet paper left.

- Mike Petersen


wrote:
"... I went to a tournament one time in a big hotel; people acted
really strange.." (Zero)
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My wife claims to be able to tell if a chess tournament is afoot by the
nerdy looks of guests milling abount in the lobby.

Old Haasie

This is generally what mentally weak, stupid people who can't achieve any
reasonable level of competance in chess do. They don't want to feel
inferior, so they invent reasons to criticise those who can actually play
the game. I run into idiots like that all the time at the tournament hall.
They start whining like babies when you beat them, make excuses, etc.

I hear Fischer has that problem too.


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Ray Gordon wrote:
This is generally what mentally weak, stupid people who can't achieve
any reasonable level of competance in chess do. They don't want to feel
inferior, so they invent reasons to criticise those who can actually play
the game. ...

I hear Fischer has that problem too.

As far as I know, Bobby Fischer has not played any serious
OTB 'classical' chess since his 1992 match with Boris Spassky.

--Nick

wrote:

"... I went to a tournament one time in a big hotel; people acted
really strange.." (Zero)
================
My wife claims to be able to tell if a chess tournament is afoot by the
nerdy looks of guests milling abount in the lobby.

I need to get to Pula Open, just to check it out.

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Well, I know how you can tell if a chess tournament has just ended in a
hotel.

There's no more toilet paper left.
True - almost.
When we organised our junior tournament this winter we ran out of toilet
paper. The school we used didn't have any supplies either.

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Zero wrote in message
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How come people who play chess act so weird and strange?

I went to a tournament one time in a big hotel; people acted really
strange.. I saw players who would slam the pieces down. I don't
understand how slamming a piece down makes their move stronger than
placing it gently.

Probably just trying to keep the opponent awake out of courtesy.

I saw one player screw the piece into the board as he placed them on
their new squares.

That's just playing with style.

I saw a player playing chess in his pajamas.

Now that's really playing with style!

I saw players who had no social skills. They won't even look at
someone's face when they have a conversation. I one time saw a guy use
a chess to demonstrate his supremacy over enough. He was saying
claiming that he has a higher rating then that makes him a better
individual. To me it sounds like the guy has a low self-esteem issue.

Having a higher rating definitely makes you a better individual - at chess.

Even today I went to a chess tournament. There was some old master
and he keeps talking in some weird Russian phrases while playing. I
also see chess players who have a strong body odor like they haven't
showered in weeks.

That's just tactics. At least he didn't ask someone to try to snatch a
pebble out of his hand...

Even former world champions act so weired. Nimzowich did headstands
and exercises during his events. Alekhine was drunk and crazy.
Rubinstein decided to being a pooor chess player instead of going to
medical school like his family suggested and lead a normal life.
Karpov likes to have his knights point to the right on the board (like
it is some sort of superstitiion).

That's all wrong... the knights have to be pointing away from the left or
right edge of the board that they are the nearest.

When I play monopoly or scrabble with famil or friends, people don't
act so strange. I don't understand why it has to be this way at chess
tournaments.

Chess is a tough game, it involves a lot of extra skills as you have
mentioned. : )

Play a Game with Computer and let me know if the computer also behaves
same as the Chess People do.

Yes it makes a few big comments on the Right Side.

http://www.softtanks.com/chessgame/Chess.html

Bye
Sanny

http://www.softtanks.com/chessgame/Chess.html