Ha!  Good one.  There was this one kid who thought he was the best.  It was one of my first tournaments at the time and I was unrated.  I won my first two games against patzers, so I found myself on board one playing this kid.  I ended up winning that game.  Afterwards, he complained that I was cheating by not notating correctly and when I showed him the scoresheet, he started to cry.  Not very good for a teenager huh?

LOL, that guy sounds really familiar, just liek the guy I played today. I love to do that, he had brought all of his friends and they stood behind him and the chess club stood behind me and I obliterated him in front of everyone he never said anything again.

A quotation from the great Emanuel Lasker seems fitting here:

"On the chessboard, lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie; the merciless fact, culminating in the checkmate, contradicts the hypocrite."

Let them brag and boast all they want. Their poor play at the chessboard will show just how hollow their arrogance is.

And keep in mind that arrogance is almost always a mask for deep-seated insecurity. Everyone's advice about being the better person here is right on. Either those jerks will realize that no one likes an obnoxious braggart and change their ways, or they'll end up as sad, lonely people.

CzarWithinMoons wrote:

   I'd punch them.  I'm referring to the arrogant kids in the club, and the guy who played chess in the hallway.  Chess is for losers.

Chess is for who?!?!?!?!?!? I really cannot believe you posted that, that is horrible! Wait you play chess here, that makes you a loser by your own standards then.

CzarWithinMoons wrote:

   I'd punch them.  I'm referring to the arrogant kids in the club, and the guy who played chess in the hallway.  Chess is for losers.

Correction--

Chess is for the person who will own the company you work for when you grow up.

CzarWithinMoons wrote:

   Work is for losers.

I take it you haven't graduated from elementary school?

dwaxe, you know he is 61 years old according to his profile...I think he is being sarcastic.

*yawn*

What's wrong Ozzie are we boring you? You have a choice to not read this you know.

CzarWithinMoons wrote:

   Elementary school is for losers.

NO U

epic lulz get

(lol)

Let's try and stay on topic please, no need to stray.

I think this topic strayed too far... this seems to be a good year for my club. Only 6 members now... but no annoying people or arrogant people. Must be lucky. But then again, only a few people even know we exist... Straying off topic again... jeez, talking about arrogance really makes me want to go off topic...

lol, my club had 17 on the first day and now we have 10

I like saying that I didn't play THAT good because it sounds modest while ticking off your opponent. :)

Yea, I do that sometimes, but mostly if they start to feel really bad and it is obvious, I say, " I made some mistakes and you caught them, good game."

Arrogance is not limited to chess players.  Every time of sport has arrogant people.  The only way to spoil arrogance is to best the arrogant and express true humility while doing it.

Tijaro wrote:

Chessbee wrote:

That kinda ties into a question I have for you guys, do you think it is harder to be in high school and play chess, it being known that we have bad social skills in high school to being with, then out in the real world?

Absolutely. High school is the embodiment of failed social systems - where people can act like complete asses and get away with it (because it's "cool" or whatever...). In the real world, society doesn't function like a high school would - there are certain levels of common etiquette and maturity that are necessary for surivival; basically put, the "popular people" who do things their own imbecillic way without regard to others won't do so well out of high school, because the world won't revolve around them anymore.

 Tis rather sad that even after high school, I found this same childish arrogance continue through the military and into college. While I knew I wasn't the greatest. I knew I could beat almost everyone a majority of the game (3-5, or 6-10) times. But learned to keep my mouth shut to avoid prideful humiliation. When I became introduced to USCF. I quickly realized the levels of difference between High School and the military and even college to the level of these in the USCF. The strength of chess was nothing in my early years compared to what I became exposed to after college and the USCF! The best way to shut up a smart mouth is to be prepared to WIN!