What have you learned here on Chess.com?

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Shivsky

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Shivsky wrote:

 


Egocentric enough to be questionable.

Shivsky

:)

The image was meant to summarize the  "I'm right, you are wrong"  forum-thumping that we all see out here ... if there's one thing I learned (and am still learning), it's how much of a jerk you can appear to be  if you don't present a point of view with some humility and openness to discussion.

RathHood

I learned about forums , trolls, arrogant jerks who dont know how to lose (or win) with dignity, probably few other things as well just don't remember at the moment.

Bronco

I learned how really really bad I am at chess, but I'm slowly learning from my mistakes from analyzing my games and watching videos....really.

Great site!

Conflagration_Planet
Borg Queen wrote:

I learned that chess players are not as intelligent as I had assumed they would be.


 Ditto.

waffllemaster

Message board in general have taught me that people are pretty rude and immature when anonymous (and sometimes even with their real names!).  I used to think the Internet was crawling with 15 year olds (no offense to the well mannered 15 year olds) but now I realize it's at least equally full with full grown children Smile

dannyhume

I learned that if you want to learn how to properly train a racehorse, the last thing you do is ask the horse. 

Crazychessplaya

This site is great for expanding one's vocabulary, especially when English is not your native language.

lol·ly·gag

verb \ˈlä-lē-ˌgag\
lol·ly·gaggedlol·ly·gag·ging

Definition of LOLLYGAG

intransitive verb
: fool around 1, : dawdle
FlowerFlowers

I found a fun topic called "song titles in a chess world" or something like that, and it helped me with learning chess terms and learning about well known chess players.   

rockpeter

I learn and continue to learn about past masters and all that relates to chess.  Tactics, openings etc....I didn't know about all that before chess.com.

The site has opened up a new passion for me or actually an obsession for chess.

Sofademon
BorgQueen wrote:

I learned that chess players are not as intelligent as I had assumed they would be.


 Lets review- Number one, I can play this game.

Number two, even after letting a number of games time out during a bad personal stretch about a month and a half ago, I still have more than a 50% win-loss record. 

Obviously, great mind power is not really required.

RathHood

Pat_Zerr

I've learned that some people get really, really, irate when the person they're playing doesn't resign when they think they should.

heinzie

I have learned to strategically position my pieces

oinquarki

I learned that people should resign when they have a bad position, it is courteous to greet an opponent, that bishops are better than knights, e4 is better than d4, and that Kasparov is better than Fischer.

cloggy

SFA

Tyzer

I learned that it's not about winning or losing man, it's about getting your king to the other side.

artfizz
cloggy wrote: SFA

These discussions almost always degenerate into talking about football.