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Are chess players awkward? 👾
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Jun 29, 2022
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autumncurtis wrote:
In general... are you? 😳
No. I don't think any single hobby (or profession if chess if that for someone) should define someone. Being a chess player doesn't make you awkward; it is just that some awkward people play chess 
This is probably true for most things though; maybe chess players are too often misunderstood by non-chess players is a better version of this observation because the game of chess is so deep and complex that non-chess players can't relate on the same level as chess players when discussing the game.
Divyaujjwal wrote:
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This does not help the case that chess players are not awkward 😝
Jun 29, 2022
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#6
autumncurtis wrote:
Divyaujjwal wrote:
Hi.Please check your messages
This does not help the case that chess players are not awkward 😝
oof
They probably just have something more private to add to the topic, or are naturally more introverted; this doesn't make them awkward by default, but okay
They aren't
Jun 29, 2022
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All sorts of different personality types play chess but chess clubs are more accepting of socially awkward people. In fact, they expect them to turn up (& play for the 1st team)!
KeSetoKaiba wrote:
autumncurtis wrote:
Divyaujjwal wrote:
Hi.Please check your messages
This does not help the case that chess players are not awkward 😝
oof
They probably just have something more private to add to the topic, or are naturally more introverted; this doesn't make them awkward by default, but okay
He's replied on a few things asking me to read my messages, he wants me to give membership for a tournament 🤷♀️
HippotoBaron6 wrote:
All sorts of different personality types play chess but chess clubs are more accepting of socially awkward people. In fact, they expect them to turn up (& play for the 1st team)!
Once I pass my driving I'll be coming to wigston! 🥳
Please check your messages , I have replied to this topic.
I think many players who played ambitiously since childhood have skipped a few parties and this might have affected their social development to some degree.
OldSpooky wrote:
I'm more awkward at chess than socially awkward. I'm way too practiced at talking, and way less practiced at thinking....
Perfectly put 😂
vielen , vielen Dank .
This is about as silly a question as "are chess players athletes"...and the answer is, Yes to awkward and No to athlete...
More likely and yes, respectively. Never figured out the small talk thing, though could fake it for roughly 3-4 minutes if the other person does all the talking. You realize maybe you are the one who is off when you realize nobody else wants to stare at a checkered board and figurines endlessly or debate volatile topics like politics, sports teams’/players’ legacies, religion, and whether there is any benefit of a sub-1200 lever player to study anything other than tactics. Seems like most non-awkwards are great at over-enthusiastically engaging other humans by means of neutral mundane topics.
Jun 29, 2022
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dannyhume wrote:
More likely and yes, respectively. Never figured out the small talk thing, though could fake it for roughly 3-4 minutes if the other person does all the talking. You realize maybe you are the one who is off when you realize nobody else wants to stare at a checkered board and figurines endlessly or debate volatile topics like politics, sports teams’/players’ legacies, religion, and whether there is any benefit of a sub-1200 lever player to study anything other than tactics. Seems like most non-awkwards are great at over-enthusiastically engaging other humans by means of neutral mundane topics.
omg its people like you who make me feel so awkward leading the convo lmao
In general... are you? 😳