![]() Finally after a month of scoring 85% or higher against him he stopped talking like that and I finally clamed down :) now I'm able to draw or loose a game against him without it bothering me. If I ended up loosing even once it would get to me a little, and when I won it had to be absolutely crushing or I wasn't satisfied. I decided I had to beat it into him who was better. He would make excuses if he lost and when I'd make a mistake he'd say "well players like us do that a lot." I'm an easy going guy too, but it got to me. There was a player at my club who decided he was as good as me and I didn't agree. I've definately had the same feeling though. Instead he could have tried to do it OTB. I think it was misguided for expert A to actually tell expert B. Of course this isn't limited to chess - you could easily find the same type of thing in any area of competition. It's no so much a malevolent will to cause hurt to others, but it's a very focused motivation to win absolutely. and not just win, but crush the opposition. That's what makes a competitor great, an intense will to win.
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