I think after you have touched a piece, you can only abort by resigning the game (or abandoning the board), both of which means losing the game.
Abandoning is a grace given by chess.com; normally, you're committed to a game one you sit down and shake hands.
Because it's forced mate in 214 moves.
@ wsmith23,
chess.com doesn't have a touch piece rule. As long as it is move 1 you can abort the game.
Ps. I know aborting is cheap but its allowed on chess.com
Because it's forced mate in 214 moves.
Psychic!
Can you predict who I'll marry?
I know chess.com does not have a touch-move rule. But the rule is: You move your first piece, you commit to the game.
But my opponent didn't move his first piece. Only I did.
Oh, in that case I don't know. Maybe xe did not want to risk having their account restricted (which happens if you abort too often). Or xe cannot abort any more because their account IS already restricted.
Ah, forgot about people's accounts being restricted. Ok.
Because it's forced mate in 214 moves.
Psychic!
Can you predict who I'll marry?
Not the two of us
Because it's forced mate in 214 moves.
Psychic!
Can you predict who I'll marry?
Not the two of us
NO WAY!
When you abort games too often, the abort button becomes a resign button; the only way to abort those games without losing is to stall and let the server abort.
...or, this player is a sandbagger and is trying to drop their rating below some threshold...
When you abort games too often, the abort button becomes a resign button; the only way to abort those games without losing is to stall and let the server abort.
Yeah, so why didn't he stall?
...or, this player is a sandbagger and is trying to drop their rating below some threshold...
+1
...or, this player is a sandbagger and is trying to drop their rating below some threshold...
+1
What makes you guys think that?
When you abort games too often, the abort button becomes a resign button; the only way to abort those games without losing is to stall and let the server abort.
Yeah, so why didn't he stall?
Maybe he didn't know that, maybe he's a sandbagger like others have said. There's no real way to know unless you ask the person directly. Additionally, if you get the abort by stalling, you get restricted from even sending out a seek.
When you abort games too often, the abort button becomes a resign button; the only way to abort those games without losing is to stall and let the server abort.
Yeah, so why didn't he stall?
Maybe he didn't know that, maybe he's a sandbagger like others have said. There's no real way to know unless you ask the person directly. Additionally, if you get the abort by stalling, you get restricted from even sending out a seek.
Really?
Here was a game where my opponent didn't wanna play:
http://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=808156565
Why did he resign? Can't he just abort?