Types of Chess Players

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1. The Casual Player

The casual player enjoys playing chess as a hobby. He has little intention of improving; he just likes to play. Win or lose, he has fun. happy.png

2. The Tryhard

The tryhard is obsessed with chess. The tryhard is constantly studying and playing in order to improve. Every game they play is life or death. evil

3. The Elitist

The elitist loves to clown on players lower rated than him. The elitist is typically rated around 2000, and they believe their "progress" allows them to arrogantly put down other players. They're a know-it-all. cry

4. The Toxic Gamer

The toxic gamer is a lower-rated player that compares to the elitist. Whenever the toxic gamer wins, they arrogantly abuse their opponent in the chat. Whenever they lose, they report the player for cheating and send hate messages. 

5. The Titled Player

The titled player is a chess master. For the small price of dedicating their entire life to a board game, they receive two precious letters next to their name. surprise Many of them represent the insane personalities we see today in the chess community. 

Hope you enjoyed! Although this is a joke, this post will obviously offend someone, so if you were offended, please shout at me below! tongue

ShrekChess69420

Also, what type of chess player do you think you are? 

ShrekChess69420

I'd say I'm cross between 1-2 and a little bit of 4. Except for the fact that I don't abuse people in chat when I win or lose. 

wizardKM

Somewhere between #1 and #2 (seems like there should be another category there)...

EuweMaxx

I am #2 but without the "life and death" part, I aiming this year to get back to 1900 and then reaching 2000

ShrekChess69420
wizardKM wrote:

Somewhere between #1 and #2 (seems like there should be another category there)...

Yeah. There's a vague area between tryhard and casual. You could call it "The Average Joe".

ShrekChess69420
Worster000 wrote:

Im number 4 because I hate losing to bad players who dont know how to play!

But you are also a troll. 

chaotikitat

#5 and #2

ShrekChess69420
chaotikitat wrote:

#5 and #2

You're not titled, are you? 

chaotikitat

Debatable 

ShrekChess69420
Worster000 wrote:
ShrekChess69420 wrote: Worster000 wrote:

Im number 4 because I hate losing to bad players who dont know how to play!

But you are also a troll. 

 

Not really

 

I mean you have like 5 banned accounts, so...

You are only really a "troll" by how you post against TOS. 

InsertInterestingNameHere

#2 except instead of “life or death” it’s “death or death” because even when I win I look back and realize I’m terrible