While streaming on
chess.com yesterday, Ben Finegold showed extremely poor sportsmanship by accusing Mark Plotkin (who has a FIDE of 2326) of cheating after Ben blundered away multiple games in a row. The accusation takes place shorty after 01:54:25 in this video:
www.twitch.tv/videos/347105486?t=01h55m09sThis is extremely poor sportsmanship, and it is incredibly unprofessional to do this on stream in front of 500+ viewers.
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I cant watch this guys videos on youtube because of his arrogance. Good job to
@littleplotkin for putting him in his place.
Ok just watched it. Very suspicious.
People like Finegold have problems taking personal responsibility for their actions.
They also have problems looking inwards at why certain things happen towards them. It's never them, it's everybody else.
Interesting. What university did you get your psychology degree from sir?
"Gah, hanging everything."
About 3 seconds later:
"An obvious cheater, won't play again."
What an idiot.
I agree with the psych assessment from what I've seen of this guy. (You can watch other videos, such as a training video from St. Louis from just a few years ago; he's got a very pompous attitude for a late-stage GM.) And my (psychology-related, but not psychology-specific, and also not generalist "sociology") degree comes from a 4-year institution (bachelor's of science; oft referred to as "BS" -- it's BS, not a PhD, but my assessment is the same).
In less keen terms, IMO: Finegold has too much fat clogging his arteries to allow proper blood-flow to the brain. (But, hey, what do I know, I'm a fat, too. But you don't see me waggling my double-chin-fat like I'm the greatest gobbler to ever peck at the earth.)
And, for the record, whether I'm under time pressure and playing poorly, or, my OP is under time pressure ... yeah, I play random moves JUST TO SCREW WITH MY OP (in hopes of gaining advantage or a foothold or be a thorn, or flag, etc). Chess isn't a 100% serious game all-of-the-time, just because one fat-head thinks that you should play according to his rules and tactics johnny-on-the-spot. (But, I bet if he did that, he'd be bragging about it and talking it up as good tactical play to win; and again, I agree with the psych assessment: The poor guy can't take responsibility for himself.)
Chug that liter soda! (Go Finegold, Go Finegold, Go Finegold! Plotkin cheats! Talk more! Make a fool of yourself!)
