I am playing a match in online chess against a player of higjher rating (about 200 points different). Am I allowed to ask in the forum on which one of us has a better chance of winning according to the current situation.

I dont want suggestions on how to win the game

See the blog about ratings from yesterday...

I would suggest not.

Evil_Homer wrote:

I would suggest not.

But is it allowed

it can influence the game. i would ask your opponent if he minds and if he's agreeable then you have an argument for proceeding. plus that would be common courtesy...

vsarun wrote:

Evil_Homer wrote:

I would suggest not.

But is it allowed

Taking my first comment in wider context, no, imho it gives an unfair advantage.

No it is not allowed.

It is a version of giving help. Let's say that you have a winning combination from the current situation -- but you don't necessarily know it. Sometimes an outside party just saying "you have a winning combination" is enough for you to take a closer look.

There's a famous story about this. It was a super-GM tournament from decades ago. Petrosian was in a difficult position, trying to save a draw. All of a sudden, one of the other GMs was looking over his game while walking around, and then went to go whisper to some of the other GMs. This being odd, Petrosian took a closer look, and found he actually had a winning line!

if all you care about is who has a better position then post the question after the game is over.

It's not allowed. You can only post your games after they're over

This is correct. No discussion of on-going games is allowed on the forums or anywhere.

Thanks for the answers.I guess, I will post the game for analysis after it finishes .