#1
Yes, not even speaking of Kasparov after a rare loss.
As Carlsen said "I hate to lose".
Hating to lose is a characteristic and motivator for the best players, even more than a desire to win.
Contrary to the popular belief, Nepo handling his loss so well was never a good sign
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Dec 10, 2021
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#3
The greatest players in any sport are terrible losers. From Cristiano Ronaldo in football to Phil Taylor in darts.
Without that hatred of losing, players lack that extra edge to become the very best. Nepo is one of those characters.
$800,000 for losing. What is there to be mad about?
Dec 11, 2021
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#5
Wouldn't make any difference even if he took the other approach . He simply isn't that good to compete against Carlsen
I always get mad when I lose and I still suck.
#5
Nepo was good enough in games 1-5.
Nepo could have won game 2.
What’s it to you?
Except to draw attention to yourself.
You know nothing of his mental state - think you know better of what Nepo should/ should not be.
IMO you need to stop all this negativity, an attitude that goes against the grain of a positive chess spirit that you are spreading through out all the topics. Grow up and zip it. It is your attitude- this observed persistent negative posting and now this anti Nepo thread that is unhealthy.
I ask again - just what is it to you Nepo’s reactions…. that you are only guessing about in the 1st place? It’s really none of your concern. You are saying nothing more than you’d have reacted differently- to which nobody gives a hoot.
Dec 11, 2021
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#9
This post is ridiculous.
He handled it well in the sense that he always came to the press conferences and answered all of the retarded questions thrown at him with class.
Deep down he was heartbroken after game 6. All those bathroom runs were probably him trying to keep his compsure.
Imagine spending 8 hours on a game you thought u were gonna win, only to eventually lose in the very end. In front of millions of people.
Also, he had to put up with people like u giving him crap for losing so much. When ur like 1600.
Get outta here
i have seen many people with worse attitude...how they handle everything. not just loss.
an anorexic boar who falsely accuses someone and insists he is not wrong even though he is because he is jealous his body type is not praised by mainstream media,
a low rated player with super high ego who thinks he can bash someone's higher rating just because he has lower rating and he is offended when nobody even looks down on his rating,
a low rated player who desperately demands to be spoiled and gets offended when someone tells them he has two options, to get better or to leave,
and an old idiotic boar who thinks you spew a hateful comment because he can't take it that only real women can get woman titles and his argument is debunked by scientific explanation,
Nepo just has his own manners. i have no problem with his passive behavior. it may not be the best thing to do, but its still much better than those 4 idiots on an online chess community who behave like scumbags (which they actually are. and yes. it makes me better)
A big claim to say that the world championship challenger has a "lack of will". Look at the people he beat previously.
Dec 11, 2021
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#12
I tend to agree... showing up to the press conference and calmly answering questions... it suggests to me there was something seriously wrong one way or the other.
He either didn't have the will, or he had it, but it was already broken.
Just look at Anand, one of the nicest guys, and well grounded (has a family, is a lot older than most professional players) and even he got snippy during the press conferences.
It's impossible to be calm if you care (and if your will hasn't been broken)
Dec 11, 2021
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#13
BoardOfWar2022 wrote:
Again: It's not life. Just a board game.
Bro, you're rated under 1000. Of course it's just a silly game to you, you haven't even begun to put any effort into it. WTH would you know about it lol.
Yet you're still here, commenting. 
It should matter to Nepo; he's playing for a large amount of money.
Anonymous_Dragon wrote:
Wouldn't make any difference even if he took the other approach . He simply isn't that good to compete against Carlsen
Anyhow we... low rated players... have got a good lesson from this epic match.
We could watchi for hours... how the best GMs in the world played Chess.
They play Chess not as we do. They make a lot of positional moves and.. step by step they enchance their position on the board.
It is very useful for us !
Dec 11, 2021
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#18
korotky_trinity wrote:
Anonymous_Dragon wrote:
Wouldn't make any difference even if he took the other approach . He simply isn't that good to compete against Carlsen
Anyhow we... low rated players... have got a good lesson from this epic match.
We could watchi for hours... how the best GMs in the world played Chess.
They play Chess not as we do. They make a lot of positional moves and.. step by step they enchance their position on the board.
It is very useful for us !
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llama47 wrote:
I tend to agree... showing up to the press conference and calmly answering questions... it suggests to me there was something seriously wrong one way or the other.
He either didn't have the will, or he had it, but it was already broken.
Just look at Anand, one of the nicest guys, and well grounded (has a family, is a lot older than most professional players) and even he got snippy during the press conferences.
It's impossible to be calm if you care (and if your will hasn't been broken)
But why must he be so crazy about all this?
You forget that Chess is simply a game.
Why should the challenger be out of mind even if he lost in this shameful way?
I think just opposite thing... he showed that he has super strong force of will... that he kept calmness and cold-bloodness after all these sad losses of the last days.
Dec 11, 2021
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#20
korotky_trinity wrote:
llama47 wrote:
I tend to agree... showing up to the press conference and calmly answering questions... it suggests to me there was something seriously wrong one way or the other.
He either didn't have the will, or he had it, but it was already broken.
Just look at Anand, one of the nicest guys, and well grounded (has a family, is a lot older than most professional players) and even he got snippy during the press conferences.
It's impossible to be calm if you care (and if your will hasn't been broken)
But why must he be so crazy about all this?
You forget that Chess is simply a game.
Why should the challenger be out of mind even if he lost in this shameful way?
I think just opposite thing... he showed that he has super strong force of will... that he kept calmness and cold-bloodness after all these sad losses of the last days.
To excel at anything you have to be somewhat demented, I think that's somewhat true, so it's not like I don't see what you're saying.
A happy healthy person will live a mediocre life... which might be ideal... and might be ideal by most people's standards even. But these aren't mediocre players, they're the best in the world.
That's one of the issues i had with nepo, him handling his losses so well was not "great" or "courageous". It shows a lack of will. Look at magnus and how annoyed he was when he lost to karjakin (he stormed out of the press conference), even vishy was annoyed back in 2013 when magnus was crushing him(it was clear from his answers)
With nepo it all looked fine. This shows any lack of will or expectations from himself. He didn't seem to care about the fact that he is getting destroyed, which is horrible.