What have you learned here on Chess.com?

Egocentric enough to be questionable.

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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.

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.

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!

 Ditto.

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

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

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

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.   

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.

 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.

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

I have learned to strategically position my pieces

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.

SFA

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

These discussions almost always degenerate into talking about football.