Mostly cowards here...
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Mar 11, 2020
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#82
Optimist, go ahead and block me; that way, you won’t have to be reminded not to play me.
Mar 11, 2020
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#83
These people are Lost somewhere in the Blocking Twilight Zone.
The LBTZ - sniffs out Cowards upon request !
Mar 11, 2020
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#84
I have no problem with a diminished player pool if it means people who want rematches only play each other.
I play Crazyhouse quite often and the waiting time for that is longer anyway, I'm not in that much of a hurry usually that I need to be paired up in 3 seconds.
Mar 11, 2020
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#85
Yeah, the great attorney, that’s a good point. Only use the feature if you have time to do it. What I would do.
Mar 12, 2020
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#86
chesstenor2018 wrote:
The rematch issue has been posted over and over enough, over the years to warrant some kind of action.
No! No, no, no. It has been posted over and over. Nothing happened. What does that tell you?
Do you know the definition of insanity that is commonly attributed to Einstein?
The game of chess has brought pleasure to millions of people for over five centuries, It never needed a rematch clause to flourish. We have had many world champions, form Steinitz, Lasker, and Capablance up to Karpov, Kasparov, and Carlsen. I've never heard about any of these great players whine about rematches. So it's not surprising that the pathetic complaints of a handful of losers hasn't had much influence
Laskersnephew wrote:
The game of chess has brought pleasure to millions of people for over five centuries, It never needed a rematch clause to flourish. We have had many world champions, form Steinitz, Lasker, and Capablance up to Karpov, Kasparov, and Carlsen. I've never heard about any of these great players whine about rematches. So it's not surprising that the pathetic complaints of a handful of losers hasn't had much influence
Well, in Capablanca's case he whined a lot about Alekhine not giving him a rematch. Just saying.
Op's wall is deleted now but post #9 explained a lot of things.
Mar 12, 2020
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#90
People offer to rematch me sometimes when they win and sometimes when they lose. I almost never accept. I like to take a moment to recharge and don't like to play games back to back. I never try to rematch an opponent. If I beat them, I would benefit by finding a more challenging opponent. If they beat me, that's disappointing. Why subject myself to what will likely be further disappointment? What's more, why do even more to myself by being the one to ask for the disappointment by rematching? It's masochistic!
"Well, in Capablanca's case he whined a lot about Alekhine not giving him a rematch. Just saying"
Well, he didn't demand a rematch after every game, There's just the tiniest difference between a world championship match and a single blitz game on chess.com
Mar 13, 2020
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#92
congrandolor wrote:
Laskersnephew wrote:
The game of chess has brought pleasure to millions of people for over five centuries, It never needed a rematch clause to flourish. We have had many world champions, form Steinitz, Lasker, and Capablance up to Karpov, Kasparov, and Carlsen. I've never heard about any of these great players whine about rematches. So it's not surprising that the pathetic complaints of a handful of losers hasn't had much influence
Well, in Capablanca's case he whined a lot about Alekhine not giving him a rematch. Just saying.
He wanted a WCC match. Alekhine was world champion. So, by elementary logic, he asked for a rematch.
Mar 13, 2020
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#93
It isn't always cowardly not to offer a rematch. Some people won't because they are scared, but I prefer to play different people, whether I win or lose. I find playing one person to much makes me focus too specifically on certain areas of chess.
Mar 13, 2020
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#94
There's a type of person who will just always label anyone who doesn't rematch when they want them to as 'runners' or 'cowards' and who can't be reasoned with. They know every person on the planet personally so of course they know the motivations of every person who rejects a rematch. We have to bow down to that awe-inspiring knowledge.
Mar 13, 2020
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#95
DarkLord834 wrote:
It isn't always cowardly not to offer a rematch. Some people won't because they are scared, but I prefer to play different people, whether I win or lose. I find playing one person to much makes me focus too specifically on certain areas of chess.
Why the h... should anybody be "scared" of a rematch?
Mar 13, 2020
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#96
You might consider being scared of a rematch if you are playing with someone who has 800 more points than you or something. Usually, though, it isn't really something to be scared of, but some people will be scared anyway. I just don't think there are that many people out there who think that you are either a player offering/accepting a rematch or a coward.
Mar 13, 2020
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#97
DarkLord834 wrote:
You might consider being scared of a rematch if you are playing with someone who has 800 more points than you or something. Usually, though, it isn't really something to be scared of, but some people will be scared anyway. I just don't think there are that many people out there who think that you are either a player offering/accepting a rematch or a coward.
If my opponent is 800 rating points above me, I have nothing to lose at all and I'm certainly totally not scared. Also, it's absolutely not clear why a rematch should be scarier than a completely new match. The whole idea that there are players out there who are scared to play an online chess game is completely ridiculous. Even more so are the players who think people are scared of them.
Mar 13, 2020
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#98
That does make sense. Okay. I still stand to the fact that I prefer to play a different person after each match, though.
Mar 13, 2020
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#99
Sometimes people lose a game and simply accept their opponent is better than them so don't want to waste their time losing a 2nd game to the same person.
Sometimes an opponent who loses a game plays on until the bitter end or timewastes or whatever when they are obviously lost. That is perfectly within their rights, but do I want to play them again if they demand a rematch? No, not particularly! They chose to use up my time finishing the last game rather than playing a new one. Fine, but Ciao ciao.
Yes, the way I see it is, if you can’t give your opponent at least one rematch – – that is, of course, if you can play—Then you’re a coward. If you don’t grant at least one rematch, but you continuing playing others, then I brand you a coward. If you don’t grant a rematch, but you also stop playing altogether for a while, then I figure you only had time for one game. That happens to me sometimes.