lol as a guy your post is silly.
if I say, "Oh I lost to this person" the question is always "What is their rating?" not "what gender is that player?"
also btw, nobody in the real world cares whether or not you win/lose your club chess games, whether to men, women, little children or a talking dog.
You speak for yourself buddy!
We had pitchers quit the baseball team because we told them they threw the ball like a girl!
Fights broke out!
Bit condescending stuzzi.
Only if condescending is a synonym for asinine.
I'm going to offer a suggestion to the OP that I don't think anyone else has mentioned. That being asking your opponent to review the game just played with you in the skittles room or where ever is convenient.
Post mortems of games between adversaries over the board can be educational & enlightening. For instance, if your opponent brushes you off with an excuse of not having the time (unless, of course there is truly a short period before the next round), then he or she is not worth your time anyway.
If you get somone to engage you with a post mortem of the game, then you have the opportunity to assess not only your thinking but theirs as well. You will also be talking about the game & you will find that that conversation reveals whether or not your opponent (male or female) is truly a jerk or someone that might be a friend in the future.
Try it and see how it works out.
OP you seem very self-absorbed and also very insecure. I doubt most people care that much about your gender.
I suggest counselling. You need to talk to someone other than these forums.
you are a human rights pioneer, a fierce defender of the self-oppressed. cutting edge. A hero.
well don't be sorry for your english, mine is worse 'cause i'm male, not from Thailand, and speak broken american. I don't want to be treated special, except by women, me I think i assume. Bizoudoux.
For those who said boorish behaviour goes two ways, I wholeheartedly agree. Even will step that one up 2 levels: What about guys vs guys (some immortal poetry created there), and what about girls vs girls....? Don't underestimate the last one. Can be really nasty at times.
Reality is very simple: You will encounter boorish people online. Learn to deal with it. Discussing how everything "should be" is futile.
Yes, I have dumped my drink on guys many times, and sometimes I think I did it on purpose but I can't remember? I remember a time when this guy was holding a door open for me, but I wasn't going in the door and just walked by and he called me a bitch
classy guy
It turns out that it was HueyWilliams/AndyClifton/OmarCayanne/TonyDal, but it seemed like it was only guy at the time
and when all else fails, revert to Ad hominem attacks to distract from the core issue...
I think it's pretty clear what the core issue is for you, Davey. You don't like women who aren't little tiny princesses for you. They're all just...just...feminists!
Or... maybe there's middle ground. Ah middle ground, makes our world so complex and interesting.
how to recognize a feminist from a regular woman playing chess ?
* a feminist favourite opening is : 1.d4
* a regular female's favourite opening is : 1. e4
I wonder if i guess i assume.
Don't commit suicide when reading me, anyway suicide is painless.
gloss ovaire
I run into people a lot who seem to think that women aren't competitive, or at least that they aren't as competitive in chess.
There is one difference though. Every once in awhile, I run into what I like to call, a good ole' boy. I can spot a good ole' boy the minute he realizes that he's about to play me. His eyebrows raise for a second. Shock is his first reaction. Then smug self-assurance. He doesn't think I have a chance against him for a second. I inwardly groan every time.
What a ridiculous assumption to make about one's opponent? Intelligence isn't worn. You can't see it immediately. Yet instantly the good ole' boy is sure that I'm not going to be a good chess player.
A scurry of different things run through my mind. Of course I long desperately to beat this guy. I want his respect.
I believe I read in a book on Neuropsychology that men are more competiitive than women on average. But everything about innate diffences in the sexes tends to be very controversial. I don't know either.
On good ole boys, what does one say. Have these guys never heard of Judith Polgar or Yifan Hao?
About 30 years ago I had a rated game against a 14 year old girl. I took it very seriously as she was then the junior champion of my state and the 2nd rated female player in Australia. I won easily as it unfolded, but expected more difficulty.
I don't approach games with female players any different to men. It is a bit hard to adjust when you sit down against a child, but some of those are very good too.
Let's round up all the feminists and send them back where they came from. Problem solved.
I am more impressed that he can fart at will.
sigh, did you follow the Edinburger congress, was awesome!
You must get me Keti's autograph and a score sheet! Dont let me down.
hey Carissa,
One more piece of advice. When you are about to play a male in a chess game and you can see how smug and self-assured he is that he will win easily, just play confidently and show your best skills on the board without worrying about anything else. When he loses I can guarantee that he will be surprised and have to swallow his pride and respect you. And because you proved to him that girls can play chess too all you should do is flutter your eyelashes at him so that he knows you can't be messed with on or off the board! :)
Have a wonderful rest of the day!
There's no way a male chess player would have a "self assured smug" while facing a woman he doesn't know. If anything, the guy would be more afraid to lose.
Continue kissing her ass, if you do it enough she'll have sex with you eventually.
found a pic of stuzzicadenti reading the OP:
Your friends are idiots. The witch trials were in Massachusetts.
Hey! Your right!
I'm going to give them all a hard time now!
However, I doubt they would care.
It is funny that you mention this!
Salem Oregon and the connection with the Salem Witch trails in Massachusetts!
HA HA
I suppose they never thought about it.
lol When your drunk talking smack everything is connected I suppose!