Why Aren't Titled Players More Active In The Forums?

Why should they bother considering they get so much flack the rare times they get on here? Or why should they spill the beans that they have worked years to learn for?

Also people have less respect for titled players cos they see lots of titled players with low ratings, for example @reb

Me too

He's 70 and still over 2000 blitz. Not bad for a long-retired player.

A few years ago, he was nearly 2500 blitz ...

Idc about blitz rating

I don't know; perhaps a personal reason. However, their account is simply "inactive." When you closer your own account this way, then you can easily reactivate it (just by logging in I think), so perhaps IM @pfren will be back someday.

Some of their analysis was a bit critical and they weren't one for sugar-coating things, but they really did have quality insight and I frequently looked forward to their opinions on various chess topics.

Thanks

I think it boils down to this. I'll put on a play to illustrate my point.

random user asks legitimate question. titled player feeling generous with his time answers question. random user poses second question contradicting what titled player says. titled player politely suggests that the information is incorrect. random user says show me! titled player shows him with concrete evidence. random user instead of saying, you know maybe you're right. I'll go look it up. says you don't know what you're talking about! titled player says i see my work here is done.

If I remember right he got muted, and he had enough of that.

Same with NM Tony Dal.

They can always go elsewhere for disrespect.

And then you have sour grapes with inflated egos like this

Another reason could be the availability of strong engines. Everybody is an 'expert' now.

Agreed.

When getting advice, or say training from a coach, one has to put their own ego aside and suck up the criticism to improve. It will pay off in the long run.

And this is even easier to pull off in an online environment where you and who you are corresponding with are basically anonymous, being that you do not have to face them in person. So if someone in Greece who I will never meet were to lambaste me it is not as big of a deal.

Titled players certainly have the option to either post a forum or post in someone else's forum and check the unfollow box and not reply to anyone who replied to their post/comment.

Not that I am titled by any means but this is what I do when occasionally posting daily puzzle analysis to the main daily puzzle forum. It is not worth it to me to read through 95% nonsense to find the 5% of comments which are legitimate.

Isn’t his work on this site like blogs, videos and postings gone?

I'm just not understanding why you chose to denigrate a 70-year-old National Master, who's still over 2000 blitz and rapid (online), as well as over 2000 USCF (OTB) ...

Besides for those who have been here long enough, @reb was our resident hog washer.

For most titled players, chess is a very serious hobby. They love to play chess and learn about it, and they've spent thousands of hours doing this.

First of all, most topics here are not about chess, and most people in the forums don't play much chess.

But also, the few topics that are about chess are made by beginners.

It's like asking why there aren't more native English speakers on a website that's exclusively in French.

I don't think you understand the huge difference between people who play a handful of speed games a week and watch a few gotham videos vs people who have OTB tournament chess + improvement as a hobby. They're completely different things.

Also the average age here is very low. Sure there are 14 year old masters, but not many. Most 20-something masters will be giving up the game to focus on school, and most middle aged and above aren't interested in the middle school environment here.

The few NMs / CMs I've seen post in the last few years were all very young.