I highly doubt you actually said "no"
In OTB, Do You Stare Your Opponent Down
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Aug 7, 2019
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1g41-0 wrote:
I highly doubt you actually said "no"
I actually said "Nope", so you're right. It's perfectly allowed to stare at your opponent, so I never felt obligated to stop. I was like 9 then though.
Aug 7, 2019
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#4
When I was like 13 or something, I would play like 9 year olds often, and I would be dead serious...no expression.
They got scared sooo often and I was like 1650 in less than a year. I don't play OTB as often as I did then 
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Aug 7, 2019
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No, I don't "stare the opponent down." Focus and time could better be spent looking at the board and calculating variations. I might glance up at the opponent every once in a while (especially if they have been thinking for a while on their move), but "staring down" seems a bit childish. Strong chess players won't be intimidated by something so trivial; you're better off just playing a good game of chess. When you're crushing them in the game, then "staring" to see their expression is a maybe - but not "staring down" in the manner you depicted. xD
That would make me so irritated I would just resign and not even bother. Congrats on the win.. Let me play some one else please.
Aug 7, 2019
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#7
Stare me down and I'll wink and lick my lips. How awkward you wanna make it?
Just curious: How do you react when your opponent starts going red, nostrils flaring, him being 10-20 lbs heavier than you and won't back down?
UncleHAL9000 wrote:
Stare me down and I'll wink and lick my lips. How awkward you wanna make it?
Oh, you're good! I like your style very much 
@DaddyReza Who are you talking to?
SpiderUnicorn wrote:
It is a good practise to use psychological pressure.
I've been wondering about this ever since I used to play with the lads in Christiania, some of whom clearly knew every trick in the book:
When someone tries to "go psychological", are they automatically creating cognitive dissonance within themselves hence self sabotaging? Is it admitting to oneself that one must be poor at chess for needing to resort to circus tricks rather than good moves? Does the fun come at a price?
Bluntly put: Is this behaviour the trademark of "the born loser"?
0mek wrote:
total_oblyst wrote:
It can be but not necessarily. Look at Fischer-Spassky 1972. It was a psychological match as well as a chess match so much that towards the end, Spassky was pronounced "ill" by a physician. Fischer was going to Iceland, then he wasn't, then he finally did and arrived the morning of opening ceremonies IIRC. He kept requesting better lighting or a change in lighting, better chairs, more privacy, etc. I'll have to read the story again, it's been years.
SpiderUnicorn wrote:
It is a good practise to use psychological pressure.
I've been wondering about this ever since I used to play with the lads in Christiania, some of whom clearly knew every trick in the book:
When someone tries to "go psychological", are they automatically creating cognitive dissonance within themselves hence self sabotaging? Is it admitting to oneself that one must be poor at chess for needing to resort to circus tricks rather than good moves? Does the fun come at a price?
Bluntly put: Is this behaviour the trademark of "the born loser"?
I think they portrayed this quite well in "Pawn Sacrifice" although they diligently avoided going into how these matches were a part of the cold war.
Fischer became very sick from all of this, as you say. Heavily pressured (terrorised even) by the US government be went from being a child prodigy to being ousted. Imagine, if you will, how terrible that must feel. One moment you're on Johnny Carson, the next homeless and countryless. Horrible.
Aug 8, 2019
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KeSetoKaiba wrote:
No, I don't "stare the opponent down." Focus and time could better be spent looking at the board and calculating variations. I might glance up at the opponent every once in a while (especially if they have been thinking for a while on their move), but "staring down" seems a bit childish. Strong chess players won't be intimidated by something so trivial; you're better off just playing a good game of chess. When you're crushing them in the game, then "staring" to see their expression is a maybe - but not "staring down" in the manner you depicted. xD
+1
I'm looking at the board. I couldn't care less where my opponent is looking.
DamonevicSmithlov wrote:
It would be funny to try to out stare ur opponent if they were doing that. I'm sure it must've happened a lot at tournaments over the years. Two players just staring at each other to see who looks away first. That'd be more entertaining than the watching the game.
Both parties profusely sweating all the while. Some of those halls smell awful, the anxiety in the air almost being tangible. I miss OTB
Aug 8, 2019
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I hardly look at my opponents face. Staring is nothing, dude. I grew up playing in a cafe where a crowd gathers and trash talking is all over the place.
Aug 8, 2019
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#18
Optimissed wrote:
AyushMChessMator wrote:
Do you give him a stare that makes him unconfortable? I've actually thrown people off by staring at their eyes - an adult asked me to stop once and I said "no".
How about you?
According to the laws of chess, your game could have been awarded to your opponent. The procedure would be to inform the captains of your behaviour or if there was an arbiter present, inform him or her. In cases where there are no arbiters, the captains jointly fulfill that function. I think that if your team captain refused to co-operate, then s/he would be seen to be supporting abusive behaviour. The key is that you were doing something deliberately to make your opponent feel uncomfortable, outside the normal moves/procedures of chess, your opponent asked you to stop, which is his right under the laws of chess and you refused. That is really bad news. Most adults expect kids to try it sometimes and often they don't complain but if it's another kid you're doing it to, that could be seen as threatening behaviour.
I'm in USCF. My TD wouldn't care for such a stupid complaint.
Aug 8, 2019
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#19
AyushMChessMator wrote:
Optimissed wrote:
AyushMChessMator wrote:
Do you give him a stare that makes him unconfortable? I've actually thrown people off by staring at their eyes - an adult asked me to stop once and I said "no".
How about you?
According to the laws of chess, your game could have been awarded to your opponent. The procedure would be to inform the captains of your behaviour or if there was an arbiter present, inform him or her. In cases where there are no arbiters, the captains jointly fulfill that function. I think that if your team captain refused to co-operate, then s/he would be seen to be supporting abusive behaviour. The key is that you were doing something deliberately to make your opponent feel uncomfortable, outside the normal moves/procedures of chess, your opponent asked you to stop, which is his right under the laws of chess and you refused. That is really bad news. Most adults expect kids to try it sometimes and often they don't complain but if it's another kid you're doing it to, that could be seen as threatening behaviour.
I'm in USCF. My TD wouldn't care for such a stupid complaint.
It's actually not a stupid complaint; It's a valid complaint. If the TD thinks it's a stupid complaint, you can go over his head and file a formal complaint with the USCF. (It would only take a little time and maybe a small filing fee.) This would force someone at USCF headquarters to spend time addressing the issue, and it would stand a good chance of bringing some heat down on the recalcitrant TD.
Aug 8, 2019
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#20
If you're staring at your opponent, your not concentrating on the board.
If you're allowing things like staring to bother you, you're not concentrating on the board.
Personally, I like playing people like this. Unfortunately, I haven't encountered a "starer" since i got past USCF D class.
Do you give him a stare that makes him unconfortable? I've actually thrown people off by staring at their eyes - an adult asked me to stop once and I said "no".
How about you?