I have not really experienced any myself but there are some who have said otherwise. I just wanted to get an idea on what others have to say!
Elitism in chess? Opinions?
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Jul 20, 2022
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Your angle would have to be that higher rated players act in a superior manner towards lower rated players and then for context, to compare this behaviour to other games and sports. I don't envy you trying to research this and documenting a body of evidence to support your chosen hypothesis.
What are the claims of elitism in chess?
Jul 20, 2022
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I remember ~2 years ago some streamer whined about elitism, so it became a hot topic for all of, you know, 1 week.
I always thought it was BS.
Test it out yourself... create a new account with a low starting rating (select "beginner" or whatever the lowest option is during account creation).
Play 10 games at rapid time control, and lose more than half of them... then make a topic in the beginner forum asking for help... you'll get a lot of useful replies.
For example a few recent ones I've seen include offers of coaching, book lists, training advice, people review their games for free, etc:
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/for-beginners/i-feel-like-such-a-garbage-player
Jul 20, 2022
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What do you mean by elitism?
Chess is competitive. Those who are better rise to the top.
Hello all, just to clarify, both Hikaru Nakamura and Agadmator, have both commented on chess elitism. I have also spoken to others, who have spoken about it. Many that I have spoken to however, are ECF members. I am just asking the question, that is the best way to understand whether it is real or not.
Jul 20, 2022
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Cameron_W20 wrote:
Hello all, just to clarify, both Hikaru Nakamura and Agadmator, have both commented on chess elitism. I have also spoken to others, who have spoken about it. Many that I have spoken to however, are ECF members. I am just asking the question, that is the best way to understand whether it is real or not.
Ok, well, IMO Nakamura has said a lot of very stupid things during streams... sometimes factually incorrect things... and often even when he knows better. I think he says them on purpose because he is/was very interested in growing his subscriber count, and it was his estimation that this is what you say if you want a horde of mindless children to accept you.
Agadmator I don't know much about.
RonaldJosephCote wrote:
I haven't read these but maybe it will help..... https://www.chess.com/forum/search?keyword=chess+elitism
Thank you!
Hello all, I am interested in doing a story on whether the claims of elitism in chess are true or not. I would love to hear peoples thoughts on this!