Poor chess manners  reflect on the one making the ugly marks. Win or lose good manners are esential parts of the noble game.And with it everyone wins.

     Just trying my best keeping the site of chess ladies and gentlemen. Is that to much to ask for? role model Jose Capablanca

lol

that was really funny

Being new and not knowing suggo, I will make a real comment.  Manners does something I think is very important.  It encourages beginners.  Sure your rating can be 2400+, and you are an FM, and an 1180 plays against you.  You the FM, is nice, even if the 1180 player is beat BADLY, they will feel OK, and work harder and the community grows.

Jerks, of course, discourage a beginning player.  I am in a unique position coming back to chess after a 30 or so year lay-off.  It is NOT like riding a bike, so much to remember that you once had memorized.  It takes time.  It is fun if people are nice and most are.  But very discouraging to get beat and the person smak talks and leaves.

If you lose a 45 move game to someone rated higher than you and they say something nice, you are likely to study that game and to work a bit harder.  This is a hobby for most.  Hobbies are fun.  If it is not fun, you will find another hobby.

Current chess has about a 500 year history.  Personally, I would like it to have at least another 500.

lmfao!!!

oh please not more of beating the dead horse!!

I don't know why you guys think I would have a problem with this post.  I like when people say good game etc.  I like to encourage new/beginner players.  Manners are great, I am all about good manners and always have been.

Suggo ATO?

You don't sound too amused buddy.

I don't know why Suggo is being targetted here, I've never heard of him not supporting good chess ettiquette, which includes manners. 

But yes, poor manners = bad sportsmanship and it sucks in everything, whether it be chess, tennis or fishing.  There should be a special SHAME trophy for it, but then that would be abused.

It was just a joke.

FREDDY FLINTOFF ! ! (Americans wont know who he is. . . but Australians do ? ) manners go out the window when England and Australia play cricket, but on a chess board i think you should always be polite.

We have all seen that happen.  Football, American Football, etc.  Some polite, and well, others not so.  The whole musical "Chess" was about manners in many ways swinging one way then another.  BTW, I recommend the performance recorded at Royal Albert Hall!

But very heated competition can bring out the worst in people who are normally polite.  You have to work hard to be polite when you lose an important match.