Chess.com policy on games in progress when an Arena ends

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fooschess

I recently played in an Arena where the Time Control was 45 minutes with a 30 second increment.  In my last game, I had achieved a winning advantage, with about 38 minutes left in the Arena. My opponent had been playing quite fast and had significantly more time on their clock than the Arena had left. After I declined multiple Draw offers, they then changed strategy and proceeded to take over 5 minutes per move, allowing them to reach the Arena conclusion and have the server Abort the game.

Issue #1: Games aborted by the server do not show up in one's Archive. I would have liked to run computer analysis on that game.

Issue #2: The Lichess policy for that scenario is that the game does not count for Arena points, but the game is not terminated and the rating points will be adjusted accordingly at the game conclusion.

In my opinion, the Lichess policy is fairer. But I'm certainly willing to hear arguments to the contrary. Or, if enough people agree with me, then maybe Chess.com will change their policy.

Martin_Stahl

I have always copied the PGN after the abort and added to a Library collection to run a review on.

fooschess
Martin_Stahl wrote:

I have always copied the PGN after the abort and added to a Library collection to run a review on.

That's a good suggestion. Thank you.