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I’m just starting out and am a very low level but am starting to pick up on the game and slowly improve, but find whenever I am playing someone on here, more often than not they quit when I have a good opening. Had anyone else had this problem? Any tips for getting around it?
Dec 12, 2021
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#2
Thats kind of rude that they quit. I am new as well and I find I enjoy playing a few slow daily games so I can focus more and learn.
Very frustrating as I want to learn! Hard to do that when I can only practice my openings in real scenarios, I’m finding by the time I get to end game I really struggling because it’s the area I get the least practice in!
Hi! I noticed players are much more likely to quit if the game isn't ranked. Make sure to change settings and see if it helps.
Dec 12, 2021
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#5
Try doing puzzles if they're stalling and take the free points if they abort midgame
2807Ollie wrote:
I’m just starting out and am a very low level but am starting to pick up on the game and slowly improve, but find whenever I am playing someone on here, more often than not they quit when I have a good opening. Had anyone else had this problem? Any tips for getting around it?
Just block those players so that you won't get paired again and move on. Once you improve and get a higher rating you will face more serious players who show more respect for the game and their opponents.
Dec 12, 2021
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#7
I had a quick look at your last 3 won games and those players didn’t quit but they resigned. Are you talking about leaving the board while you what for their move that will never come (quit) or do you mean they give up (resign)?
Dec 12, 2021
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#8
Do you mean they quit or they resign? Technically resigning is a legitimate way to end the game.
I am furious! Several times I solve a chess puzzle by a slight variation which is equally valid and it's considered a mistake. For example, I have a choice of moving a queen or a rook first and then the other piece to end in checkmate. Moving one of these first is considered valid and the other is judged a mistake. I just tried to solve a puzzle which had me stymied and the solution involved moving a pawn diagonally to an unoccupied square!? There should be a way to inform the powers that be when a mistake like moving a pawn diagonally is shown as a solution!!!
2807Ollie wrote:
I’m just starting out and am a very low level but am starting to pick up on the game and slowly improve, but find whenever I am playing someone on here, more often than not they quit when I have a good opening. Had anyone else had this problem? Any tips for getting around it?
There are rules against quitting that much, these players will get restricted by chess.com if they keep aborting their games early. I think this phenomenon doesn't happen as much after a certain Elo rating, so just keep playing and take the free points if they quit.
Dec 12, 2021
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#11
TKOTWC wrote:
I am furious! Several times I solve a chess puzzle by a slight variation which is equally valid and it's considered a mistake. For example, I have a choice of moving a queen or a rook first and then the other piece to end in checkmate. Moving one of these first is considered valid and the other is judged a mistake. I just tried to solve a puzzle which had me stymied and the solution involved moving a pawn diagonally to an unoccupied square!? There should be a way to inform the powers that be when a mistake like moving a pawn diagonally is shown as a solution!!!
There's an analysis button that can show you the differences. More often than not it might be something like:
variation A leads to checkmate
variation B your opponent sacs their queen and plays on
therefore variation A is better.
you don't need a membership to do the self-analysis, I think.
Dec 12, 2021
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#12
“There should be a way to inform the powers that be when a mistake like moving a pawn diagonally is shown as a solution!!!”
Couldn’t find it looking through your puzzle history but are you sure it wasn’t an en passant capture? (If the last move before the puzzle was a pawn advance, you might have missed that this was a legal option.)
Couldn’t find it looking through your puzzle history but are you sure it wasn’t an en passant capture? (If the last move before the puzzle was a pawn advance, you might have missed that this was a legal option.)
Dec 12, 2021
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#13
B1ZMARK wrote:
TKOTWC wrote:
I am furious! Several times I solve a chess puzzle by a slight variation which is equally valid and it's considered a mistake. For example, I have a choice of moving a queen or a rook first and then the other piece to end in checkmate. Moving one of these first is considered valid and the other is judged a mistake. I just tried to solve a puzzle which had me stymied and the solution involved moving a pawn diagonally to an unoccupied square!? There should be a way to inform the powers that be when a mistake like moving a pawn diagonally is shown as a solution!!!
There's an analysis button that can show you the differences. More often than not it might be something like:
variation A leads to checkmate
variation B your opponent sacs their queen and plays on
therefore variation A is better.
you don't need a membership to do the self-analysis, I think.
I can confirm it isn't needed, only to make a game report.