Britain's pupils are bad losers, survey suggests

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Britain's pupils are bad losers, survey suggests

Post by John Upham » Mon Apr 04, 2011 12:29 pm

Hopefully this alleged trend does not apply to chess : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-12938578
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Re: Britain's pupils are bad losers, survey suggests

Post by LozCooper » Mon Apr 04, 2011 1:50 pm

John Upham wrote:Hopefully this alleged trend does not apply to chess : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-12938578
I've seen no evidence of it. Our juniors (and adults) behave very well in such situations, especially given the pressure and the expectations when playing for norms, titles, prize money etc