Is it possible to make true (and real) friendship between two chess players?

Some of my best friends play chess, and are better than me at chess. It's not a good thing if someone allows differential in chess competence hinder a friendship.

I am a very competitive person by nature but if someone says "gg" or seems like a pleasant person, I have no problems putting a loss to the side. 

I have no chess friends.  Not worth it.

I'll be your acquaintance SKe5....maybe that'd b worth it........

(Me just wishing: That we had an acquaintance button too....friends can seem a bit much at times....)

I don't like chess or people so being friends with people who like chess doesn't seem to fit me.

That feels kinda lonely to me. Do you have any pets ? A dog, a cat....a tarantula ?

(Me just thinking: I'll be his/her acq. - even if it's 1-sided....and that's okay by me.) 

We can play if we want to

You can leave your friends behind

Cuz your friends don't play

And if they don't play well they're no friends of mine

We can play if we want to

If we don't, nobody will

We can act real rude and totally removed

And we can act like an imbecile

Fischer and Spassky were true friends even if they are on opposing sides in the cold war

Yes is possible being chessfriends :) at my chessclub i almost always shake the hands after the game no matter i lose or won :D. Not always, recently i played a guy who did throw with his chesspieces after i won x_x

It's a game. I mean even in sports or something like UfC fights where dudes wail on each other they often are friends.

We fight tooth and nail on the board during games, but we're also humans. I play serious games of chess constantly with friends as I'm sure most do and I don't see a reason to not make a new friend when yah play someone new..

If anything you automatically have something in common. Chess

kay

Hammer and Magnus are friends.

Between two bots certainly not but between two humans, everything is possible

Yours