I believe the thread was mostly about internet chess. Which may or may not be different from a chess club.
Chess for angry high-strung people?
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There's a lot of antisocial pissed off people in the chess community. I am extremely antisocial myself but try to make others feel welcome in the club at least.. even though a lot of the new people coming in can be jerks at times too.
It all depends in the who you allow to influence you . theres some nice and some not so nice. Ive met a lot of great players that have helped me improve. In these days of instant gratification people who work hard at a complex game such as chess for $0 (just for fun). .. . we are a minority.
Tons of jerks. It's a major reason why I quit playing OTB actually.
A guy calling himself Gotterdamerung a tad anti-social? Who woulda guessed?
By the way, blasting Wagner is some darn good music to which to play chess!
Admittedly I started feeling like I had other things to do as well in my life. 
Some of the most interesting, nicest people I know are chess players.
Anything that people can compete in will have its high strung, angry, anti-social types. They all share the desire to win.
I think it reflects the natural distribution of different kind of people in any community. Nothing special about chess players. Many of them are nice and there are others jerks. I don't think playing chess, whether in club or online will eventually change who you are.
pellik wrote:
I've never found an opponent who wasn't nice at post-mortem.
really?!...
Sep 16, 2012
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My experience is that most chess players who reached a certain level (maybe +1800 maybe more) are gentlemen (or ladies).
That doesn´t mean that there aren´t a lot of freaks playing chess 
So far everyone I have played as been at the least cordial and in many cases quite friendly, especially if when I lose 
Yeah, they're all great guys when you lose.
I have a friend who actually stopped playing OTB because he got tired of having guys who he'd just beaten telling him how they'd been clobbering him the whole game (during the post-mortem).
Still, I guess that guy does show that you can get to be a 2300 without reading books.
bobyyyy wrote:
Many years ago I never imagined my living room could become an international chess club where it would take less than five seconds to find an opponent 24 hours a day. And I don't have to see the nerd on the other side of the table.
Sums up my feelings exactly.
coneheadzombie wrote:
chess is for smart people, not angry people.
If anything this site has shown that intelligence does not correlate with chess.
Chess.com is an easy way to relax and enjoy a good game of chess
ivandh wrote:
coneheadzombie wrote:
chess is for smart people, not angry people.
If anything this site has shown that intelligence does not correlate with chess.
Despite the many many threads showing that intelligence correlates with chess.
There was a thread some time ago about whether chess attracts angry, high-strung, anti-social types.
I say that's rubbish. Have you ever been to a chess club? I'm easily the most violent and high-strung guy there, and I'm relatively chill.
Hope that helps.