Why do some chess players show egocentric behavior sometimes? - Chess Forums - Page 2

WhozKilvZ · 2022-04-18T12:28:19-07:00

Hello, I saw a post here on chess.com's forums with the following name: "Why chessplayers are arrogant and have an enormous ego?" The person who wrote the post practically got roasted by the people, stating that this was simply a generalization of not much importance, that was 9 years a

MagnusCapivaralsen1

11 days ago

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#21

Huan Beens show egocentric behavior everywhere

MrChatty

11 days ago

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#22

Lateriflora wrote:

It's about 1-0 or 0-1

and 0.5-0.5

delcai007

11 days ago

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#23

LOL

delcai007

11 days ago

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HeckinSprout wrote:

delcai007 wrote:

OMG, "playing chess for selfish reasons", what have we all come to?

Call me a liar all you like: I enjoy the game, win or lose. We aren't all ego driven. If you say you are, I believe you. But stop projecting. I'm not you. I'm not like you.

Same. Of course I would rather win, but either way, I'm still having fun with it. I'm still posting vids on youtube, building a twitch community, getting practice with video and image editing. All this stuff is happening win or lose. I'm just enjoying the process.

I'd rather win. of course. That's the whole point of a game. you 'pretend' it matters and play hard, play to win, but in the end you smile and go your way, understanding that winning or losing is not really the point. If winning is the only thing, you get out of it, geez, find something you actually enjoy doing. It's a game, not an occupation.