Resign after 1st move

You should still be able to abort?

If you abort, your rating wont change.

Also, if you let it time out your rating wont change.

If you resign, yes, your rating will decrease. 

Brilliant stuff thanks Scott. Was unsure as app always says 'Resign (or abort)', whereas online there is a specific abort button. Good to know! It has stressed me out ! 

Keith. over and out. 

Did you mouse slip ?

If you just want to abort because the opponent plays too slowly, you should not play 13 days / move...

Yeah you really shouldn't start long time control games if you're not happy with the opponent using the time.

BTW my comment on timeouts was only in the first couple of moves.

My grievance isn't with slow play ( I chose 13 day as I'm v.busy and detest timing out, i normally move within 3 days). It's more the fact that he chose myself for a new game and hasn't made his first move after i moved white within 10 seconds...

I understand his entitlement to use the 13 days, but surely not for his first move. 

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And ...?

Even if it's the first move, he has the right to think, even if you played 1.e4. And by playing 13d/move, you agreed that the thinking time is 13d/move, this includes the first move.

I agree, even if he does not need to use the time, by having 13 day/move you have agreed that he is entitled to all of that time each and every move if he so chooses

Ok your arguments are technically correct and i appreciate them. I think you'd be fairly annoyed/frustrated though if someone took 3/4days or possibly longer to respond to 1.e4

If you mean he probably won't spend 14 days analysing the position resulting from the possible answers to 1.d4, I obviously agree. He probably uses that time because he has any ongoing games, or just left chess.com after sending the challenge and comes back every week.

But anyways, aborting the game because he moves in the time you agreed on is just rude.

Excuse my poor etiquette.

I wasn't affected.

But now you know it, you shouldn't do it anymore. Understand, son ? 

Sometimes people do this because they have busy lives. I know that with my CC games, I can only get to one move a day typically, because I am also studying, playing TT on CT, or watching chess videos. I know that some people take 1 hour or less a turn. Maybe he plays like Deathw1sh and has like 100 games in his queue at once...lol..only DW plays really fast..

why would you resign?  why would you be bothered by the fact that you are in a 13 day game and the guy takes 13 days? and resign if you want ...so your rating decreases a little...so what

What's so horrible about losing few points?

You signed up for a long game, so you're getting what you bargained for.  It is not rude or even unexpected for your opponent to use the full period for every move through to the end.  If you expected a quick first couple of moves then your expectations were set unreasonably.  Just imagine how delighted you will be if he throws in a couple of quick moves later in the game - it will be like finding $5 in the pocket of a pair of jeans you haven't worn in a year.

Whenever I take on a player who uses tons of time, I just add a game. I play fairly quickly, but I like to start 5 day games, just in case I need to go out of town, and can't get to them. I can't say that I've ever not had the guy make his first move, but I get 3-4 moves in sometimes, and they will slow down, moving once every 4 days or more. I just add another game. It's all good. I keep enough going that I don't really pay attention to whether someone is holding off on moving, until they time out. I've only had one or two total timeout on me. My friend started a few weeks ago on here, and his first online opponent timed out. That bumped his rating up quite a bit. Sidetracked.........anyhoo, just add another game or two and it won't matter.

I usually opt for 3 days in case I lose my internet connection. I usually make several moves each day though. ;)

lol *eyeroll*