i was recently playing a game, against a player that i probaly could have beat, but i ran out of time and when i loged into chess.com it was probaly only by an hour that i had ran out of time, it was a three day timer, but who is in favour of having an adudicator to look at games that have run out of time and say wether they should be given more time to continue games, or if there is no point in continuing. i think this would be more fair.

did you not get the "it's your move" email? or the "you're running out of time" email? how many times would you be allowed to extend the time?

hmm... if it was over the board and your clock ran out, you would lose too. Its simple, but cruel at times when we lose on time but thats a part of chess. Time management is the key to solving this one. I have been losing a streak of games bceause of my bad time keeping in blitz but we all live to fight another day. I dont think adudicator is a good idea. Although, if someone has played moves showing they can force a mate, maybe there could be a case, otherwise no.

I lost a game in which I could have won if only I hadn't lost my queen.  Who is in favour of having an adudicator to look at games to determine if we should be given our queens back.  I think that would be fair.

 

Time's a part of the game, gateman.

come on gateman, u can't be serious! adjudication on a web site!if 3 days is not enough, play 7 or 14, but like any game of chess u have to play within the time limits agreed at the start. spare a thought 4 some of our african friends who have lost their internet connection for several days through no fault of their own !

I would like to reintroduce my extend button idea:
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/community/winning-on-time

 

It is my opinion that time management in blitz and correspondance chess are different. In blitz it is part of the core rules and managing time is part of the win criteria.

 

In correspondance chess the 3 day time period is designed to make sure games end sometime, even if the opponent stops coming to the site.

 

However, sometimes you time-out because something is happening in your real life, and you are not able to log in. My suggestion then was to allow the opponent to extend the time if he wants to do so, allowing you not to miss out on a lot of exciting matches.

Reb> What is an adudicator? 

 

What, a player of your calibre has never had a game abudicated by an abudicator??

just play a longer game you dimwit.how can you moan about it when you only played a 3 day one

I would be against any 'time extension' over and above the agreed time control at the start of the game. Agreed time control within a game is an integral part of the chess, no extension to this should be allowed. Some servers already have prevision for a set number of days per move with additional 'timebank' (I like this method) but as the timebank depletes it cannot be replaced, which ever system is used, time per move alone or time per move + timebank once agreed should be final and non negotiable. As for any adjudication to be given a taken piece back that surely is just a non-starter.

You may have missed the sarcasm.

Yea I mis-remembered the piece to be re-claimed as part of the original post....

That's fair.  I did use his wording and spelling.