Does chess have the best community?

Chess.com is #1.

I don't think it does.

Don't get me wrong; over the years I've made some very dear friends (and more) through chess and yes, through Chess.com, but...

The chess world is made of people, often with poor social skills, who are meeting in an environment where success is a zero-sum game (to advance requires being better than others, and gaining Elo means taking it from someone else) and competitiveness often divides us as much as it brings us together. I don't think it's true that chess helps us to be respectful with our opponents—some people are, some aren't, and the minimum amount of respectfulness that's required by the rules is, well, minimal.

If I know that someone is a chess player, that tells me very little about them. It means they probably value pursuits of the mind, but that's about the strongest statement I can make about chess players as a demographic. It gives me a potential point of connection, but it does not foster community per se.

I understand what you say, but you got some twisted terms.

Even though you might be right about some things, when they tell you someone is a chess player it doesn't mean they know how to play the game, no one is gonna tell you that of a 600 elo player, a chess player is someone who plays competitive chess, not necessarily a titled player or a 1800+ elo, going to presential tounaments is enough, that is the people I'm talking about, not the trashtalking people stuck at 400 elo, I consider myself a chess player and I find the ones of my kind more polite AND we have as good social skills as the rest, that statement of yours was kind of discriminatory and you should know more than the rest as you're part of 5 different LGBT+ clubs (yes, I've entered your profile).

At he end of the day we all have our own opinions, but I just wanted to cover this comment and why I think it's not very accurate or didn't fully understand the point. Cheers.

chess is a nice community though Cuber community in my opinion is better since it's less chaotic but still friendly and fun and stuff, yoyoer community is probably best of all because the music and stuff plus getting to meet people learn tricks and it's just fun, enthusiastic, it's chaotic but welcoming and fun

There are nice individuals on this site and not so nice ones too.

Playing on the other place recently, I mouse slipped. My opponent allowed a takeback, He later offered a draw in a position that I believe I would win - but I accepted because he had been sporting earlier. What goes around, comes around.

Having said that, some unpleasant players there too.

yeah there are lots of creeps as well as people who don't even like chess and just want to troll

no, have you meet the baby society. sure they might cry but that's just a form of comuncation.🙃

yes i found this to be true in over the board chess, definately not online though.