I do not think this is exclusively for chess players. This counts for others sports as well or even businesses. I do not feel this happens more or less in the chess world. If you really are interested in this you should read some psychology books or journals i guess :)
Why are chess players Arrogant? Even patzers
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And meet more chess players, to wide the range.
Jan 11, 2016
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Men are arrogant
Lots of men play chess
Therefore lots of chessplayers are arrogant
Jan 11, 2016
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chessfreak wrote:
What is it about chess that makes alot of people become arrogant like Kasparov and fischer? or like Giri. Even us patzers. I say this because I catch myself having that feeling of being better than someone just because I beat them at a game.
Its because we lack objectivity resulting in an inability to divorce our egocentricities from the events on the chessboard.
Jan 11, 2016
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trysts wrote:
Men are arrogant
Lots of men play chess
Therefore lots of chessplayers are arrogant
LOL, logically fallacious after all ten thousand Elvis fans can't be wrong. :P
Jan 11, 2016
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Ivanhoe_sk wrote:
I do not think this is exclusively for chess players. This counts for others sports as well or even businesses. I do not feel this happens more or less in the chess world. If you really are interested in this you should read some psychology books or journals i guess :)
I agree. People who compete must cultivate self-confidence that often comes across as arrogant.
Jan 11, 2016
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robbie_1969 wrote:
trysts wrote:
Men are arrogant
Lots of men play chess
Therefore lots of chessplayers are arrogant
LOL, logically fallacious after all ten thousand Elvis fans can't be wrong. :P
It must be something about yer'alls brains. Y'all have a greater capacity for delusion
You shouldn't complain, beating an arrogant opponent just makes it even more fun! :D
Jan 11, 2016
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trysts wrote:
It must be something about yer'alls brains. Y'all have a greater capacity for delusion
Yes one has to admit that once the male ego engages itself its liable to run riot and all hell will break loose in those forked brain cells.
Bond, James Bond! :P
Fiveofswords schreef:
in my experience chessplayers are not usually arrogant but they are often aloof and this is often mistaken for arrogance.
Or maybe you mistake their arrogance for aloof, you do not know that. It's a matter of perception after all, only the player himself/herself knows his/her intentions.
Jan 11, 2016
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Giri and Fischer are/were certainly not arrogant. Kasparov maybe, Not sure.
trysts hat geschrieben:
Men are arrogant
Lots of men play chess
Therefore lots of chessplayers are arrogant
wow, thats some real bullshit. lets me guess: all women are bitches?
Fiveofswords schreef:
Ivanhoe_sk wrote:
Fiveofswords schreef:
in my experience chessplayers are not usually arrogant but they are often aloof and this is often mistaken for arrogance.
Or maybe you mistake their arrogance for aloof, you do not know that. It's a matter of perception after all, only the player himself/herself knows his/her intentions.
you can know if they are unrealistic about their abilities based on their behavior.
And how do you know they are not trying to mislead you with their behavior?
Jan 11, 2016
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trysts wrote:
Men are arrogant
Lots of men play chess
Therefore lots of chessplayers are arrogant
Women are crybabies.
Lots of women give birth.
Therefore lots of babies are crying crybabies.
“Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.”
- Mae West
But you do not know if someone is really realistic about one's abilities or is misleiding you here as well. So you can not know such things, merely suspect.
My point is that things like arrogance and aloof are just a matter of perspective from the judging side. In my opinion it says more about the one who judges than the one who is judged.
What is it about chess that makes alot of people become arrogant like Kasparov and fischer? or like Giri. Even us patzers. I say this because I catch myself having that feeling of being better than someone just because I beat them at a game.