am in a middle doing exactly that 
see: https://www.chess.com/daily/game/178271452
bad etiquette to force a draw by repetition?
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Suggestion. Avoid any future games with this loser.
Nov 14, 2017
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#44
Bobby Fischer once said:
"If your opponent is winning, give him a kick under the table, don't let him win."
Likewise, all is fair in love and chess - so put your social standards and etiquette aside and play to get the strongest result you can.
Checkmate is also bad etiquette
I had not long ago this match in which I thought I had a win, I started getting overconfident and stopped checking propperly the possibilities of my opponent last moves and he came up with this.....
After all the "shit, shit, shit" and calling myself an idiot a few times all I told him on the chat was.... Well saved, he said thanks and we agreed to a draw.
The truth is my opponent was brilliant to find that move or I just was too cocky and blind to his intentions. Your draw was fair and your opponent was sore. Whoever tells you otherwise is implying things as stupid as that reaching a Philidor position is bad ettiquette for example.
You did well
Cheers
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THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS BAD ETIQUETTE IN MAKING LEGAL MOVES IN CHESS. IF THE MOVE IS LEGAL, U CAN MAKE IT. IF YOUR OPPONENT LEAVES HIS KING OPEN TO PERPETUAL CHECK, THEN HE DESERVES TO GET A DRAW.
I agree completely with the above.
It annoys me how people can claim this is bad etiquette. Is it also bad etiquette to force a check mate of an opponent blunders? Because that's what this is, capitalising on a mistake and making the best possible move. Maybe if my opponent is up in material and blunders I should ignore the mate because it's a cheap tactic.
Zorlac wrote:
Tbh that means you would not play the best move available to you which is very un sporting.
i don't agree.
i had some chances to take a draw by repetition when i was behind in position/pieces and i didn't take it. i just can't see the honour in pulling a draw like that. i've had some repetition draws pulled at me while i was ahaid...and i found it a lame tactic tbh.
if you have ruined your chances for a win becouse you made blunders or your opponent is simply better, then imho you just accept that and try to win and/or reduce the damage by trying to make up for your mistakes.....but don't force anyone in a draw that really isn't one (if you're honest).
i never have and never will try to take points this way. even tho if grandmasters have drawn this way (like someone said), i just consider it (indeed) bad etiquette.
If a move is legal, u can make it, that simple. That's a strategy, to force a draw by repetition.
If it is bad etiquette to force a draw by repetition then it is also bad etiquette to force a win in a won position. I mean, it is ridiculous.
That is like saying it is bad etiquette to make a move that saves your position. Insane
There is no ettiquette even involved. They are just MOVES, and LEGAL moves.
Feb 5, 2018
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#57
Etiquette aside forcing a draw is a shallow victory for someone whose otherwise outplayed.
A draw is not a victory
RobboThe1st wrote:
Etiquette aside forcing a draw is a shallow victory for someone whose otherwise outplayed.
That comment is usually made by someone who does not know how to checkmate in the endgame and feels somehow that their superior piece count should be enough to gain them the win.
The point is, repetition is a GOOD way to force a draw. It's basically when you have to keep attacking the king to avoid getting checkmated. how the hell is that bad etiquette? It's making legal, necessary, and the best moves in the game. Next people are gonna say taking more than 20 moves to mate with a queen vs king is bad etiquette.
your opponent is to blame NOT seeing it coming