Perhaps all can kick back, chill a bit. Just a board game.
I don't mind a wee bit of cockiness.
Kasparov was good and he knew it. Yes. Nothing he did overreached for me.
Naka - I guess there was some stuff online when he was a teen, I heard, I don't know, I wasn't on ICC then. Much can be forgiven of teens (I am a teacher!). Played him twice OTB (rated, but short games, alas, *sigh*) he's a friendly decent lad, and has grown up further since then it seems. We are all a mixed bag of behaviours, views and emotions, we all have flaws.
Korchnoi's behaviour to Zsofia Polgar though - that stuck with me, and that was just too far. Nasty. That was unpleasant, rude and bullying. Unacceptable. Not heat of the moment blitz - he just chose to be actively unpleasant. Being good, even very good at a board game does not grant permission to ignore accepted behaviours. (While here - journeyman GMs - don't forget to wash, hair too, AND change clothes. Yes, both. Toothbrushes are great tools too. Deodorants - go on, try. They don't bite.)
Carlsen was perturbed to lose blitz games, the ultimate in high stress, high emotion chess. Not showing emotion at thingy-ups would worry me more frankly!
Not much more to say here? We can agree to disagree on the Internet, with people we haven't met, about a board game. Perhaps?
Right, dunno about you, but I need to learn some proper theory, finally, which is the main reason I am here
Slow Slav, here I come....
Best regards to all comrades here,
B