Once in a while there will a valid reason, some sort of emergency so urgent that they don't even have time to click the resign button. But the overwhelming majority of the time it is just poor sportsmanship. You can report them: https://support.chess.com/article/675-what-is-stalling
Abandon instead of resign?
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Mar 14, 2023
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It seems that you might be at fault yourself though. At your level it is rare for players to stall like that. Chess.com matches unsportsmanlike players with each other. Try aborting less games so you get matched with players like these less often.
Maybe I'm doing something else that folks don't like, but I never abandon games (at least not after making a first move).
Mar 15, 2023
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#6
avoid aborting games too because the chess.com algorithm doesn't like that either.
Mar 15, 2023
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#7
SoupSailor72 wrote:
avoid aborting games too because the chess.com algorithm doesn't like that either.
that is true
Mar 15, 2023
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#8
on lichess there is a warnning that if you abort too many games you will get banned
Roughly 20% of the time that I win recently, my opponent simply abandons the game instead of resigning. So I have to wait for the clock to wind down and eventually end the game. I tell myself to enjoy my victory lap, but I can help but think it seems like poor sportsmanship. Is there a good, understandable reason why folks do this?