Yeah, if only it was that easy... Arrogance has been an issue at all levels for a very long time, and I don't see it changing.
That's true, that's why I disable the chat in all of my live games LOL. In any case not letting it affect you or how you speak to them is the best thing to do
@19
"I can call tygxc weak because I'm higher rated" ++ I used to be much stronger
By the way a good explanation with examples is in "The Method in Chess" - Dorfman
See what I mean about arrogance? I'm fricking done here.
@8
++ This question is the only activity of the original poster here.
I've always understood it as when your pawn-structure is terrible but your pieces are far better placed than your opponent to the extent that you're either ready to sacrifice them to create a mating attack, or they support a far advanced passed pawn and are threatening to create tactics to promote it. So in both cases the opponent will have to keep defending and defending, and if you slip up and allow them to secure king safety or take the passed pawn, they'll win because of the weaknesses in your pawn structure. And if they fail to defend their king or neutralise the past pawn, then you'll obviously win. So essentially all the static advantages favour the opponent, but they can't do anything about it because the moment their pieces venture out, all the tactics favour you. And so because it's dynamic equality, it means your opponent isn't concretely busted, and will eventually break out. So as they continue to defend, in the meantime you have to eliminate the weaknesses in your position, or place your remaining pieces in such a way that when your opponent eventually breaks out of the bind, your position is a lot better than before and are no longer losing an endgame.
Is that it or am I missing something else?
I got this,..
"The most important quality in a chess community is to be nice."
I agree. We should use the nice features on this site. We should move the nice pieces to and fro. We should give nice annotations. How nice.
Whilst that would be ideal, it's entirely possible that he doesn't have the time. Or maybe simply doesn't want to do all of that. And that's perfectly fine. In which case the best thing to do is to conduct your own research and find out if what he said is true or false - and regardless of who's correct, you're bound to learn more things!