I don't know, having a soccer ball hitting your nuts is really painful
Losing in Chess gives more pain than losing in any other sport.
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Sure but is it as painful as losing a rook and pawn ending you should have won
ha ha ha ha ha!
You better be a girl if you are comparing getting hit in the nuts to losing a rook!
Major_Catastrophe wrote:
I dunno... losing at monopoly is pretty soul-destroying imo
I wish I could thumbs up comments on this website... haha
Apr 16, 2014
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#26
Personally, I can remain calm when losing a chess game, no matter the frustrating conditions. I play a number of physical sports and can occasionally get heated, though. However, this is just my personal experience. I had recently played a game against a young asian boy at my local chess club who was actually much better than me (rated around 800 where I had not even a provisional rating yet but was estimated at 500) and he lost his queen to a knight fork at around turn 8. It was a huge blunder and I then won the game, but at about turn 20 he started crying. The crying turned to immense wailing and even after the game was over he bawled for about an hour then accused me of making an illegal move which I clearly did not make. This accusation was disregared promptly of course because he would have called it out when it happened, and the situation goes to show the emotional distress some people undergo upon defeat in the game of chess.
913Glorax12 wrote:
I don't know, having a soccer ball hitting your nuts is really painful
That happened in the first minute of my debut as a GK. Great save though! I've had so many footballs hit me there, and been kicked there so many times, I'm used to it.
I haven't played any contact games like boxing, karate. Losing in contact games might be more painful than losing in chess.
Apr 20, 2014
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#29
Oh, man, even with a cup, the outline leaves a red rash if your opponant hits you there so many times! (Trust me; I know.)
Epictetus rationale.
I imagine it has something to do with the time and work invested in a particular sport or game. I play tennis and expect to invest a lot of physical, mental and strategic effort into a game. I'm new to chess and I can accept when I am beaten by someone who plays a better game than me. With tennis I use all my mental and physical skills to win and I work hard. In chess I know I have invested much less at this moment in time and can't expect a great outcome....yet! I am aware that there is so much I don't know about tactics, openings etc etc. so it makes it less hard for me to lose (for now!).
I like how people come into this thread stating that the author of the original post is not feeling the feelings he is describing....
OP, just listen to the second post and ignore everyone who seems to be either ignoring what you said or disrespecting your opinion....
kaynight wrote:
Second post is psychobabble. The average human would not feel pain at losing at chess. Disappointment yes. It is a game yet to be awarded Olympic status.
The OP asked for "psychobabble," not an opinion that disregards the connotation of the word "pain" and then defines a game based on superficial qualifications.
When's the last time someone scored a touchdown in the Olympics?
Apr 20, 2014
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#34
Jzhong wrote:
[NOTE: I'm a psychologist and I'm saying this from a biopsychological viewpoint.]
Everyone on the Internet is a psychologist.
blueemu wrote:
Jzhong wrote:
[NOTE: I'm a psychologist and I'm saying this from a biopsychological viewpoint.]
Everyone on the Internet is a psychologist.
But not everyone on the internet is him, and not everyone on the internet speaks from a biopsychological viewpoint....
Apr 20, 2014
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#36
I guess the reason why it hurts to lose in chess is that you invest so much time in studying.
you losing is kept introspect in yourself cause you are expected to be quiet at a tournament. the frustation of losing is kept in silence.
if you lose in karate or any other sport you are allowed to show some sort of emotions. in tennis if you feel like breaking the racket - you can do it. - it is your racket.
if you throw with the chess board you can never show up again.
+ in most sports you have a feeling about being outmatched - before you lose.
however in chess you can have a strong feeling that you win but one blunder and you are completely lost.
this can be really hard to deal with that you have hurt your own chance of winning.
I am not psychologist.
Apr 20, 2014
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#37
kaynight skrev:
And chess is not a sport.
you can find many discussions if chess is a sport or not, however it is off topic to the current topic.
Apr 20, 2014
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#38
kaynight wrote:
And chess is not a sport.
It is if you use very heavy pieces.
Apr 20, 2014
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#39
yes that is the most painful aspect.you make a move, maybe get up, have a walk round, you are quitely confidant, you come back to the board, your opponent may not even have made his move but you suddenly see that your previous move was a losing one, everything crumbles instantly, you go from being in an interesting game with good prospects to it being virtually over. its not nice!
In fact chess is a game.