wow, chess snobs!

[Odovacar's Ghost]

Who would of thought that chess was so....

http://www.coruschess.com/article.php?s=n155

 

[Grimhelm]

Playing games of this caliber, the extremely cerebral games, can often lead to very aggressive/childish behavior, I think. One chess master upon losing, famously declared, "I can't believe I have lost to this idiot!"

It is amazing, isn't it? I feel this way when I lose to Bob! There is such a feeling of superiority wrapped up with games of this kind. Some people only play games they win because of this! Others throw tantrums when they lose. It is surprising to see such a rule, but not totally unexpected. I can imagine there is quite a bit of hatred and snubbing that goes on at that level. And all of them likely feel superior to each other, and no one likes to be proved wrong about that!

 

[BobProbst]

How long was that guy playing chess? and he doesn't know the tournament rules yet?

Even sillier is that they have rule enforcing cordiality. Chess players don't just want to win, they want to humiliate their opponents.

 

[Grimhelm]

Yes, enforcing manners is pretty sad, but the guy certainly knew about the rule. As for humiliation... yeah, it sort of goes along with what I was saying about superiority...