Sore losers : Player strength

Just wondering if sore loser nonsense is less of an issue with stronger players.  Do masters send insulting messages to each other or refuse to resign in a lost position, just letting their clock run out to punish the other player?

chess players need strong egos as we absorb many losses.     The more we play, the more we know losing will be a real possibility.

That said, yes "sore loser nonsense is less of an issue with stronger players."   Though you will see some refuse to shake hands and absolutely hate the other person.    Read about Korchnoi playing Petrosian matches -- as those top notch players complain about each other shaking the Table.   Also Korchnoi matches with Karpov as Korchnoi's family was being held hostage.

The majority of chess players will lose about half of all the games they play.

If someone does not have the mental ability to deal with that they should take up another passtime.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aron_Nimzowitsch --  'Gegen diesen Idioten muss ich verlieren!' ('That I should lose to this idiot!')

Although there are exceptions, I think the majority of the sore loser bunch don't make it past a certain level. You have to be willing to play stronger players and LOSE in order learn from your mistakes and improve your game. Sore losers have a tendancy to not do that.

In my experience (OTB only), sore losers are often found to be sore winners as well; the ones who laugh at their opponent after an easy victory. These are the people I refer to as "chess bullies." They can't stand to lose against competent players so they play cheap blitz-like traps against weak players and then end the game with, "I can't believe you fell for that!"

I'll play my best and lose against a 1700+ everyday instead of offering a game to a numbskull like that (even if I can win against him).

Yeah, I guess all of the above is true.  Sore loserness reveals itself in different ways at the higher levels.  If I was a pro I'd probably hate losing even more than I do now.  Still, I hope I'd be professional about it.  Carlsen and Aronian always seem cool in the face of adversity - I'll be glad to see them in the upcoming match!

Disabling chat destroys the social part of chess. Which is an important one. Ofcourse there is some bad things with everything, and sometimes people talk shit. Live with it, and ignore it.

I suppose stronger players could be sore winners more often.

Strong players are usually objective which is what makes thems strong, so you see less of it on the professional circuit (also because of being paid and it being their livelihood they at least behave in public cooly rather than radically ranting); on the other hand, their strength also stems from their competitiveness, which can make some player Kasparovian.