On blocking players and making the most of your chess.com experience

idk man.. learn how to counter it? theres a lot of fish in the sea and it's likely that you'll never even meet that person again. what's likely is the fact that you will see another person play that. take some time (15 mins or so) out of your day and learn how to counter that attack.

I actually did that a few times. Some people were playing some nonsense against me and then atleast flag me when they are losing, also I got matched with some of those players many times, so I had no option but to block. Also when I say “nonsense”. I don’t mean odd openings. Some players literally pushed all their pawns on the 3rd rank or some other trash stuff. This is not good for my chess lol and also it’s not fun, also I unblock most of them after a few days. 

Op... stop and think over it for a moment.

It means that you play only those Chess players whose playing style fits your expections... right?

But what does your Chess rating cost then... if you have got your Chess rating, only playing with gamers who are convinient to you?

Then your rating is not quite valid... isn't it?

I'm not sure if blocking players because they play a particular style is such a good idea.  After all, to grow and develop as a chess player, we must learn to face all kinds of players.  If I player has an annoying style, I rather review what they did, and find a way to fight back.  But I have blocked plenty of players for adbamdoment.  If I know that I'm not able to win a game, then I resign, but I have faced plenty of players who instead of resigning, they adbamdom the game.  If they do that, I do block them.

I met players here who are even worse.

When they start to lose the game, they don't make a move during 10 or 20 minutes... and I don't know how to deal with it ? Shòuld I resign or something ? Because I can't wait for when they will do their next move at last... (

A few months ago in a long thread that I launched as an appeal... I mentioned that I had started blocking players that I didn't want to play anymore. I received backlash about it, because my reasons where based on their playing style and particular openings.

For the past 10 weeks I've been blocking about 3 players on average for playing annoying chess. I wanted to share that because I think "liberal" use of the blocking feature is a good idea to make your chess.com experience more enjoyable. I wholeheartedly recommend it.

I met players here who are even worse.

When they start to lose the game, they don't make a move during 10 or 20 minutes... and I don't know how to deal with it ? Shòuld I resign or something ? Because I can't wait for when they will do their next move at last... (

If chat isn't disbaled say, "I'm not going anywhere, but if you want a draw i'll take it"

if its disbaled send a draw request, most people will take it as your wasting their time too

I think the OP is right to the extent that it's possible to play chess like a jerk. Attempt a cheap and obvious trap on me and that will earn you a frowny face. I don't consider myself a particularly good player but I'm good enough that you shouldn't expect me to fall for that. Attempt a slightly less obvious trap that I fall for, well, fair enough, that's a legitimate win. But if we have a couple of rematches and you do the same thing again, that just implies that you have no respect for me as a player.
I'm not talking about general gambits here, incidentally, but rather the sort of premoved mate-in-n combinations that are trivially easy to stop if the defending player recognises them. Scholar's Mate and its friends.

But even if my goal wasn't to improve, like the OP's apparently isn't, I don't see the point in blocking those people.

When they take me for a fool and I beat them, it makes the win more satisfying. Not perhaps as satisfying as a well-fought close game, but moreso than an otherwise sound game defined by a blunder.

And even if I don't learn anything from beating them, they might learn something from me. I would hope that after a few rounds of having their cheap tricky opening exposed and thrashed, they might stop playing it, which means they might be a better and more respectful player if I run into them again.

And, as the OP has repeatedly noted, the chances of actually running into them again are fairly small given the number of players. So what is a block really accomplishing? Its main effect is to admit to yourself that they got to you. Why give them that?

I know some 2000s or 2200s who do that, but if you do that at 900 youre not going anywhere in chess man. The best way to get better at chess is face every possible opening and respect its positives and negatives

For sure rating of these 2000s and 2200s... is not real... and even it is fake partly.. if they operate in the game in the way you told....

They choose only these Chess players who are convenient to them. )

I know some 2000s or 2200s who do that, but if you do that at 900 youre not going anywhere in chess man. The best way to get better at chess is face every possible opening and respect its positives and negatives

You're perfectly entitled to that opinion of myself. I just disagree. And I've rarely reversed a block. Once you're blocked, you're very likely to remain blocked. Ultimately it's my right and I'm going to exercise it and I encourage others to exercise it on their own.

It’s completely your wish, but it’s not good sportsmanship and this won’t help you, you can continue what you want to do. 

Why not do the positive thing? Friend request and note and challenge people who's games you really enjoy playing against?