What do you hate most in chess

is it the dark side that powerful ?

the guy had to rely on a scuba gear ventilator to breathe

What do I hate most in chess? hmmmmmmmm...

My opponents...definitely my opponents...and every opening/defense they play...because it's trash...just trash...even if I also play it...

Then, after the game, everything is smitten kittens.

arrogant opponents

when you get the low time warning at the worst possible time

When you prepare to checkmate someone, then you hang one of the pieces that you need to checkmate your opponent.

gimps

Oh, where do I even begin? I absolutely adore it when my opponent takes forever to make a move, just to play the most obvious move imaginable. And who doesn't love when the game ends in a draw after hours of intense strategizing? It's such a joy to witness my meticulously planned attack crumble due to a single blunder. Oh, and let's not forget the excitement of getting trapped in an endless series of forced moves known as a 'zugzwang.' Chess, truly a delightful experience!

What I hate most in chess is my own failure

LOL. Same here.

The self-loathing of utterly misplaying an obvious position.

lol ! ...and the evaluation that you thought would be reasonable good,was utterly mediocre.

My biggest pet peeve only occurs at over the board events.

People that proceed to analyze after the game is over in the tournament hall and don't bother to go to the skittles room to do it. They are whatever the male version is of Karens, basically people that think the world owes them because they are so superior to other people that they don't have to follow the rules! God I want to slap those people every freaking time!

What is a skittles room? And do you mean they input the moves in their phone to analyze?

The only bad thing in chess is losing with a material advantage

I don't like when I blunder, or fall into traps.

That's true

Not bad