lucky players that win and run

Personally, I try to fit a game in when I can which usually only allows me 1-2 games max at a time. If I decline a rematch it is usually because I don’t have time.

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"Resilience is, of course, necessary for a warrior. But a lack of empathy isn't."

A wise man is not worried of losing a battle of wits, a warrior is not worried of losing a non lethal fight.

"True strength is the flower of Wisdom, but its seed is action." "Only a warrior chooses pacifism; others are condemned to it." "Mental bearing (calmness), not skill, is the sign of a matured warrior, therefore one should neither be pompous nor arrogant."

 

 

I always find it funny that when I beat someone at chess and they sometimes claim that I was ‘lucky’, when chess is one of the few games which is 100% devoid of luck, and is based solely on calculation.

Why to insert girls? Girls are strong enough.... All of this is because of gender roles..... I have never seen a girl crying as bad as boys.... It should be don't cry like boys....

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I don't rematch because I don't like playing the same person twice

The person who demands a rematch after losing often appears angry and demanding, who wants to play someone like that?

 

Karl Mark said that, eh? I totally agree about the black knight in the "Holy Grail" movie and all else what you said

Mate,

There is a new threat made on this topic every few days if not more.

Why not use one, to show us that you are at least intelligent enough to see that your not the only one. If you looked there, you would see interesting discussions and counters guests against you'd opinions which will help you grow in knoledge.

So Mayen "grow a pair"... Of eyes, and appreciate that just because not everyone has time to play you again, they aren't evil cowards. In the world championship you don't get rematches. In life you don't get "rematches.". People have good reasons for not playing again, and they won fair and square. You didn't. If you lost by a second work on getting that one second faster. If it was a blunder that cost you a won game that you deserved to win, then try not to make that blunder again! And make sure you spot it when other people do. Rather then moaning, why not use these experiences to help you grow as a player? And anyway, for someone telling others to grow up you seem incapable of respecting others decisions and not running home screaming to people when things don't do your way. How do I know you do these things? This thread exists.

Kindest regards,

James.

The guests in the above comment is meant to be arguments, the there is the other threads about this same topic.

This is such a stupid thread. People in this site are from all walks of life. Playing chess while taking a break at work, sitting on toilet, waiting for bus......the list goes on. Yes, you do sometime interupt or simply don't have time for another game or you don't even feel like playing another game.
For christ sake what's wrong with that?

The above post simply nails it. 
Even aside from the reasons listed above, don't feel entitled to a rematch. Suck it up and move on. 

 

You mean I'm not god's gift to mankind and all my past opponents are not required by law to play a chess game with me when I demand it on the sole reason that they don't want to? That is so unfair!!!

 

Are you trying to promote transgender children? Seems a little too young before they can make an educated decision.

 

Luck isn't an inherent part of chess, but it can, and often does, play a factor in the outcome of games of chess and any other game of skill. For example, if your opponent blunders away his queen, that's lucky for you, especially if he was a better player and in all likelihood would have otherwise won.

 

I learned chess from my fifth grade teacher, who was also the chess coach. The first time we played I knew nothing about the game aside from the basic rules, and he beat me with "scholar's mate", the same as he did with many other beginner players that same day. One of the factors in that game was that I touched a piece, and then went to move a different piece, at which point he informed me of the "touch-move" rule, which I'd never heard of before. The first time I beat him, after several months of playing him a few times a day, it was because he touched a piece that couldn't prevent an obvious mate-in-one. He had seen the threat, which even I knew was trivial to prevent, had got to thinking about other things, touched a knight, and immediately realized his mistake. He sat there, holding onto the knight and complaining about his mistake, for about 10 minutes before finally moving. I wasn't winning that game; it wouldn't be until I was in high school that I was at a similar skill level to him. I won that game because I got lucky that his mind got to wandering at that particular point in the game.

Since we are not able to calculate perfectly and often can't see more than a few moves ahead, luck certainly is a part of chess.  Yes, it's based on calculation but sometimes flaws will enter those calculations or a player will forgent his Knight is undefended, etc.

Chess players are people who play chess.The characters of them are different from one another like all other people.You can't characterize people as chess players, soccer player etc.

 

Insulting "girls?" Ironic since you seem to be talking to scared boys :-)

 Timeout protection - Can someone explain how time-out protection for premium members works?  (I let me premium membership lapse and want to renew. But first I am trying to decide whether I need 60 day protection or 90 day, but I need to know how it works in order to decide.