catnapper wrote:
Warbler wrote:
I don't like the idea of messing with peoples minds. When I play someone, I want their A game. It should be about chess, not psyching the other player out.
There is a difference between someone who plays in tournaments and a tournament player. When it comes to tournaments I want only one thing, to win. I could care less if it's because he blunders or receives word his mum just died.
no, its a difference of moral character, especially if you care less that your oppenent's mother just died.
I don't like the idea of messing with peoples minds. When I play someone, I want their A game. It should be about chess, not psyching the other player out.
There is a difference between someone who plays in tournaments and a tournament player. When it comes to tournaments I want only one thing, to win. I could care less if it's because he blunders or receives word his mum just died.
Okay, story time again! I played at an American Open when I was a teen. First round I was paired with a Susan Mills. Fifteen moves into the game I had a winning position. So I took my eyes off the game and to her bra-less T-shirt. After eyeballing her chest for a bit, I noticed her hands, which were very masculine. Then I gave attention to her face, which had masculine features as well. While pondering all this rather than the game I soon blundered away my advantage and lost the game. When I gave the humiliating report to my friends that I had lost to a girl, not only was I laughed at, but was told she used to be Gary Mills. But it wasn't all bad, I won all the rest of my games and took first in my class.