talk about bad losers
problem is solved by not playing, playing online, playing OTB with light plastic sets, and/or learning box/karate/aikido/judo etc.
i've witnessed similar behaviours with backgammon, on several occasions :-D
Be Careful When You Win in chess
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Feb 23, 2015
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I love chess (well ok sometimes i hate it as well) but i think its foolish to force anyone to learn any sport or hobby which they don't have an interest in.I taught both my son and daughter how to play but it never became a major interest with either one of them. They both wanted to learn or i wouldn't had bothered.
Feb 23, 2015
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You're not supposed to hit a kid who wins with the board, you're supposed to congratulate the kid. Then make him do six hours of yard work. That'll teach the little ingrate that he ought to let Daddy win. 
I taught my wife to play chess many years ago when I first married her and it was a time when I was very, very good. She beat me, finally, and to this day will not play me again. She retired a winner, just like Rocky Marciano.
I had not played any chess for about fifteen years before my stroke in 1999 struck me down and slowly I began to fumble around learning moves once more to activate my brain and reclaim lost brain cells. Besides prayers from family and friends, chess has really helped me. It's only these past two months that my old skills began to click in, and at 72 yrs young, it is about time, eh?
My precious wife of 40 years, Esther and I, also began to co-author stories and novels to kick-start my memory due to my leaking aneurysm and we continue to write e-Kindle Books now available on Amazon.com. Check out our listing and Google "Esther and Richard Provencher" If any of our chess friends don't have a Kindle to access these stories, we can consider sending you a free copy. Drug prescriptions have cost me about $25,000 due to my stroke in 1999, but I am alive.
It's funny when I play chess; sometimes my fingers can't hold onto my Queen to cross an open line on the board and she drops right in front of an opponen't pawn and bingo, no more Queen. I really enjoy chess, and win or lose it is glorious fun. Life is still great since my health glitch retired me three months after my job phased out, no benefits, but I am alive. My wife, prayers, our faith, four grown children, five grandchildren, writing and chess playing sustain me. Love each member of your family, hug them regularly, pray for others and forgive everyone for offenses imagined or otherwise. And continue to play chess.
romancitoG wrote:
My father tried to teach me to play chess when I was eleven years old, and I hated chess. But he insisted and I learned how the pieces moved and how the game is played. He would make me play chess with him on weekends. I guess my old man played a lousy game because after a month or so when we played, I beat him. That was when I started laughing. And that was when he scattered the chess pieces and picked up the chess board and hit me with it. True story, and I loved the old man.
Thanks for the warning.
stuzzicadenti wrote:
That was a beautiful story, Sir Richard. You have inspired me today.
Indeed. My last post was sarcastic, but this one is sincere. Thanks for that post. Wish you well.
My father tried to teach me to play chess when I was eleven years old, and I hated chess. But he insisted and I learned how the pieces moved and how the game is played. He would make me play chess with him on weekends. I guess my old man played a lousy game because after a month or so when we played, I beat him. That was when I started laughing. And that was when he scattered the chess pieces and picked up the chess board and hit me with it. True story, and I loved the old man.