Losing in Chess gives more pain than losing in any other sport.

I have played both individual & team sports, indoor and outdoor games from my childhood. Some won and some lost.

What I found that losing in chess is more painful(not always) than losing in any other sport.

Anyone tell the psychological reason behind that?

im guessing you dont do contact sports.

Losing in chess is just like losing in many other things we do in everyday life. You need to accept setbacks as a normal part of life/chess, and deal with them.

If you are going to be like most average players you are going to lose roughly the same number of games as you win. If each loss is going to give you pain then I suggest you take up a different hobby.

yes it pains a bit...but if you view it like that it will hold you back..in chess you need losses to improve..so every mistake you make opens a new door to improvement (if you actually bother to spot them after the game)..don't let your egoism hold you back..no one likes to get checkmated you don't have to search for special psychological reasons behind that, it is obvious...the trick is to use your losses..

Not really sure that's true, although since chess is a game of the intellect perhaps the mental anguish is greater.  I do know that having my ribs cracked while sparring hurt more than any chess game I've lost. 

I think it's because chess is your sport.. 

Beat a fotball player in chess, and ask him if it hurts more than losing a football match...

Well, you are probably right, but still, what if someone plays chess and fotball the same, but it is still worse to lose in chess, in fotball you can say "sorry guys, I couldn't catch it" but in a chess tounament you can't say "sorry guys, I didn't see the mate in 1-3" soo...

In team game's there is always someone to blame. In chess there are no excuses. It paints me alot to lose in chess or any other 1v1 game than in team-games.

I'd rather lose at chess than base jumping.

The OP statement is false IMHO. The level/degree of disappointment associated with loosing at chess or any other game/sport is directly related to how much you are invested in that game/sport. Thus, the more you favour one sport in relation to another...the more you will be disappointed in loosing...IMHO the opposite is also true. Thus you receive greater satisfaction in winning also...from those games/sports that you are really invested in.

I dunno... losing at monopoly is pretty soul-destroying imo

GM Parimarjan Negi(2nd youngest GM ever) says why he hates losing in Chess in the 5th point.

http://parimarjan.in/blog/5-things-i-hate-about-chess/

I tend to agree with the OP on a personal level I find if I win it's neither good or bad ... It's not painful and I move on and play another game (usually 1 too many) .. However often losses are just excruciatingly painful in a way I can't compare to any other endeavour I've ever done!

E.g. I played a rapid OTB game a few nights ago in a local tournament to a young player who was a former national junior champion ... So pretty good. I lost the game ... but I knew the exact move which lost it for me... I briefly saw a absolutely winning tactical combination but for some inexplicable reason I didn't follow it through ... Giving them an attacking tempo and killing me. WHY!?!?! I couldn't sleep at all that night just contemplating the frustration and mental anguish of it!! It wasn't so much the fact I lost .. But after completing almost 13,000 (or 19000 as the emails from chess.com tell me :P) tactical problems here at Chess.com .. I saw the tactic but didn't act on it!?!?! I don't know why this should upset me so much it just does haha.

I think as others have said the pain is perhaps proportionate to what you put into it but man ... nothing I've ever done / practiced / played / competed in comes close to Chess in terms of the agonising brain twisting frustration it can induce!!

Learning how to move on from losses and somehow learn from it seems to be one of the hardest lessons to learn in the game. I know I struggle to improve and just try to hack my way to higher ratings but geez sometimes it's maddening.

When I lose in other sports that's okay because I know I'm not good at them. When I lose in chess I get furious because I'm a damn chess god.

'Losing in Chess gives more pain than losing in any other sport.' Then don't lose!!!

Dude, have you ever lost in straight sets in tennis? I'm guessing not. I've seen people break their rackets. I've rarely seen people beat up their mouse.

Karate hurts when you lose.

So does UFC

It's not very painful for me to lose in chess; I just assume there's a lot about the game that I haven't learned yet, and that my mistakes are going to continue to repeat themselves until I've worked them out. I guess I just trust the process of playing, studying, playing, and hiatus to get me to my next breakthrough, and try not to stress too much about it.

Also, I agree with those who say that combat sports losses are worse - the pain of losing a fight hits on nearly every level of feeling that a human has, no matter how small the ego. Chess is a game compared to fighting.

depends on the sort of loss, if i simply get outplayed i just have to admit my opponent was better and move on but if i lose a game i really should have won , that does get rather annoying, i;m upset at the time but usually over it by the next day.