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Why many players after winning don't offer a rematch to the opponent? We call "rivincita"
There's no translation for this word, literally Re-winning.
This is a second chance for the opponent to win a game against the same player.

In my culture, a good player always offers a rivincita.

I would like to know why many players I meet don't offer it?
They may simply not know the courtesy.
Since the game is played online, the person to person social interaction is reduced further.

There is a lot of diversity among players. May be one can share nice to practice conventions to make the interaction pleasant.
@JackStone73 said in #1:
> Why many players after winning don't offer a rematch to the opponent? We call "rivincita"
> There's no translation for this word, literally Re-winning.
> This is a second chance for the opponent to win a game against the same player.
>
> In my culture, a good player always offers a rivincita.
>
> I would like to know why many players I meet don't offer it?
they don't wanna lose elo points!
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Why does this topic keep coming up?

For me I analyze after each of my games are played. I do not care about feeding some players ego or need for retribution after losing to me.

Most of the time, I do not even get a GG before I get spammed with rematch offers, so that makes me even more inclined to decline it.

I am still curious why everyone always complains about people who do not do rematches, yet never a word about a lack of postmortems in the online community. You want a rematch? Come to the analysis board with me and lets chat, when we are done game on.
@LinearStork said in #5:
> Why does this topic keep coming up?
>
> For me I analyze after each of my games are played. I do not care about feeding some players ego or need for retribution after losing to me.
>
> Most of the time, I do not even get a GG before I get spammed with rematch offers, so that makes me even more inclined to decline it.
>
> I am still curious why everyone always complains about people who do not do rematches, yet never a word about a lack of postmortems in the online community. You want a rematch? Come to the analysis board with me and lets chat, when we are done game on.

I couldnt have said it better myself
By now I have written on my profile that I do not respond to rematch requests because I analyse all my games. This is mostly true.
Again I don't care bout your rinvicita mamacita or whatever ta it is, define a "good" player. Don't put your own standards and ego into it.

Either you are a kid or a crybaby adult, you should know very well of there are STAKES in chess and most importantly rematch is about CONSENT
I agree with Le Patszer83. Post match Analysis sessions have 2 advantages,

1. Both players can exchange plans that they used. Why they took a decision and so on.
2. Such interaction may create a kind of bonding among the players that want them to play again not just for winning but to discuss various chess ideas.

After few sessions, not only a rematch , one may end up playing chess and learn together for a lifetime.
@JackStone73 said in #1:
> Why many players after winning don't offer a rematch to the opponent? We call "rivincita"
> There's no translation for this word, literally Re-winning.
> This is a second chance for the opponent to win a game against the same player.
>
> In my culture, a good player always offers a rivincita.
>
> I would like to know why many players I meet don't offer it?

Just because it is considered good form in your culture doesnt mean that the rest of the world is A.) aware of this cultural norm of yours OR (B.) is obliged to adhere to it. I personally have a rule that I like to stick to as much as possible, that I analyze my previous game before I play another one, that way I am guaranteed to analyze my games. I am certainly not going to change that up because of rivincita or some other random cultural norm. And as LinearStork said, and I am assuming he has played some OTB games in the past because it used to be common in OTB settings, I very much appreciate when my opponent joins me for post game analysis. After the analysis, time permitting, absolutely I'll do a rematch. In my opinion, something that is really lacking today in chess is the post mortem, because nowadays people just load the position into their phones, see if they blundered and what their ACPL was, and they move on. When it comes to rivincita, people should be careful about pushing their cultural norms onto other people.

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