Have You Ever Thrown a Chess Game?

Have you ever decided to delibertly lose a chess game?

If so, when and why?  Also did your opponent know you were throwing the game and did your opponent know why you were throwing the game? 

I have not thrown a game in my 60 years of playing until  a few months ago.

In a 15 minute game my opponent accused me of cheating. Actually it was in an opening I knew very well and thus could make very good moves.

Next time, again, he said I was using chess engine.

The 3rd game I had White and played 1. c3   [which is not that bad a move] and he played 1. c3   e5  and I played d3 and let the time run out.

After that when we played we had very hard fought games but he never again accused me of cheating.

[I am not saying I was right to do this]

Are you speaking of otb tournaments? 

My game was an online 15 minute game but otb tournament games should also count. [I am not talking about draws but delibertly losing]

Yes, I've let some people win while playing them over-the-board, never on the Internet. Whenever I lose an Internet game of chess it's because they played better than me.

In otb tournaments, deliberately losing is gamefixing and if caught would get disciplinary actions. In online no bearing games, sand bagging? Nah! Murphy's law "No harm no foul" applies.

c3 for Ponz.  rofl, that's rich!  (inside joke for Play the Ponziani book buyers)

He who throws a game, perhaps has a kind heart.  

Letting someone win (over the internet) would that be considered cheating?  Would one be admitting to cheating then?

Lol and gross.

WTF?

There are different types of internet games. Depending on various factors throwing a game could or could not be considered cheating.

I threw an otb game when trying to teach somebody how to play so that they wouldn't get discouraged.

No. Not even while teaching kindergarteners. I do lose when they turn the board around, which I allow, or because I start with significantly less material. I often handicap games, but I never lose on purpose, unless you count making my opponent take back a move and showing him or her the forcing sequence that leads to a clear advantage or even checkmate.

Yes, I believe this is the correct attitude.  Otherwise what's the point?

Telling your opponent "I threw the game or I let you win" is unsportsmanlike. 

Yes.

And a frisbee too.

yes, telling your opponent that you threw a game or let you win would be unsportsman like.

I'm not sure I've ever intentionally lost, but I've certainly played for draws against people I routinely beat badly

How do you draw a game without even showing up?

I would never let someone win in rated otb tournament, we are not playing Ludo.

there is no point showing up to a tournament if you have no intention of winning. fair play. dictates equal change for everybody in a tournament.

tournament shouldn't be decided by how many you know that will let you win or give you a draw.

furthermore letting some win is sandbagging.

I remember a IM told about a tournament there the tournament leaders asked him to a let a player win a game because he could become a IM and he didn't want to.