hi there everyone

i have an idea....

lateley i cant help but notice the increase of people "stalling" there chess games hopeing to squeeze a win out of unpatient players. i also cant help but notice the increase of people posting about the subject and the lack of action the moderators are takeing.well, if they cant (or wont) do anytheng, that dosent mean that we, the users chess.com are powerless.  what if we create a forum post listing the names of all well known long game stallers of chess.com. this way moderators are not banning people for playing within the rules, yet people who care enough to check it out know witch people to use discretion against when playing long games. i really think that this can work as long as the chess community uses this systom with responsibility. all that we have to do is just post names as they cum up in one comprehinsive and decisive list.

what do you think?

I think it would be wrong. I would never 'stall' as you put it. In fact, I hardly ever play live chess - I mainly play correspondence chess (online chess). But when I do play live chess I always finish the game promptly and if my position is lost I resign.

However, I vigourously defend the right of players to 'stall' if they wish. In a game if chess, if, for example, the rule is that each player has to make his move within, say, 2 hours, then it is entirely up to each player how he/she uses that time. If they wish to make a few moves and sit there for about an hour then that is entirely their prerogative.

The danger is, that if we start a witch hunt against "so-called" known stallers, what happens if someone adds the name of an innocent person to that list? What if it looks as if someone stalls but in fact something happened in real life at their end which meant it looked as though they were stalling? In short, who would control this black list?

But anyway, as pointed out above, they are not doing anything wrong. There is a nice analogy ::::: As Voltaire said "I disapprove of what you say, but I will fight to the death for your right to say it". I disapprove of people who "stall" but vigourously defend their right to do it.

Steve

ps. One of the reasons I play mainly online chess is that most of the tournaments are restricted to people who don't time out and therefore I generally get to finish the games.   

make a list of you want, but live chess is a den of stupid-ness.  you're asking for stupid stuff to happen to you if that's where you spend most of your time.

i do not like your idea.

some people may just have busy lives, there may be other factors other than "stalling". be patient i say.

dont complicate things with these "special lists"

#1 staller foreverzero

I am on to you. You want to make a list so that no one will suspect you!

 lmao, i like how u think.

The chess staller list is a bad idea IMO.

I've gotten in the habit of playing very slowly (probably because I'm a procrastinator at heart) I can understand that it annoys some people... I understand... but not enough to change my ways...  No... I'm just taking my time at the pace I find comfortable -- but I have no problem whatsoever with people who would want to avoid slowpokes like me, they should have that option.

Since there's a wide range of pace at which people like to play... from lightening to 1 move a week or slower...  It seems to me Chess.com could try to accommodate people with a wider palette of time controls.  The computer takes care of all the bookkeeping so why not some other options -- One that I think might be interesting is seven day, three day and 24 hour "hourglass" type timers? 

I'm sure folks can come up with other creative timing options... I think there are a lot of people who want a pace of: "generally a move or two or three a day... but I like having the option of being able to take three days on a move from time to time... just NOT every move, please."  What time control would accommodate that person?

What about a 24hour delay timer, with seven days on the clock (So as long as you make one move per day, your clock gets reset with no time off "the big clock" -- but your 'big clock' starts running whenever you exceed 24 hours.)

Any interest in this stuff, or are things fine as they are?