1 min games usually make me want to crush the wall... it's bad but it's good.
Blitz chess brings out the worst in people.
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Play every game like it is a real game and your playing strength will rise most definitely.
its way worse in 1/0 LOL
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Aug 13, 2014
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#26
in 1/o its fine...till you finish the game and win on time...espicially if your opponent has some extra queens....THEN all hell breaks loose...
1/0 is ridiculous.
There is no point to this thread except catharsis. That's a deluxe word for bellyaching.
Want to be proactive? Advice: suck it up and piss off.
Aug 13, 2014
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#29
'suck it up and piss off'
Charming. I look forward to playing you in the future.
Aug 13, 2014
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#30
Looks like everybody's got some beef about something.
Honestly, I just play my game. Goal is to win.
All the rules are there to play by...run down that clock , don't resign, don't accept rematches...depends on my mood, how I wanna play the game at that moment. And I get that the other guy/gal does the same...it doesn't bother me.
Don't much care about "etiquette" - people get so emotionally charged over this and it's all so subjective anyway.
Somebody leaves the board cuz he/she losing...no skin off my back....just let their time run out and register another win, rating goes up ( yawn...definitely won't pull my hair out over it)....
This cat is too damned lazy to spend energy being pissed over a chess game....
JesterJester wrote:
'suck it up and piss off'
Charming. I look forward to playing you in the future.
I don't play cry babies.
Aug 13, 2014
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#32
I like how you had to change your own 'your mum' joke because it didn't make any sense.
JesterJester wrote:
I play quite a lot of Blitz chess, 5/0 is my preferred time limit. In comparison to correspondence chess and games with longer time constraints 5/0 is agressive and genuinely seems to bring out the worst in chess players.
The subject of etiquette comes up a lot in chess, and in my personal experience if you ever want to see an example of extremely poor etiquette then just head to a 5/0 game.
There are several examples which often come up on a daily basis in my personal opinion.
1) Disconnecting when losing. I find this incredibly disrespectful. It would be interesting if some admin would comment on this as i've never seen anyone punished for it. Imagine if you were playing someone at a game in a chess club and you just decided to stand up and walk away. It would never happen. I would urge people to exercise more respect for the player who has just outplayed them. On a personal note, I have never intentionally disconnected on somebody. I simply don't talk pleasure in wasting other peoples time.
2) Not resigning in ridiculous positions. I also find this incredibly disrespectful. This has happened to me a huge amount lately. I simply don't understand people who are down 15 points and decide to run their king around the board with the only chance of winning/drawing being if i run out of time. I freely admit that I used to be guilty of this in the past, mainly in games where I felt I had deserved to win and felt begrudged. But gradually I have come to realise that it is quite a cathartic experience just slamming that big ol resign button when you know your beat. In my opinion it is a sign of respect for your opponent to resign when you know you're beat. Not resigning just wastes peoples time. Sometimes in games, if I feel that a player i'm crushing is trying to waste my time, then I try and Queen as many pawns as possible. This may sound petty, and a player challenged me over this the other day in chat. I simply responded, if you want to waste my time, they I will waste yours. I will add this is an extreme case, I'm rarely good enough to have the time to Queen 4/5 pawns!
3) Rematches
I don't feel as strongly about this, but I admit that people who continually play once as white then refuse rematches are annoying. Again its a simple common courtesy that I think all players should try and abide by.
4) Accusing other players of cheating.
I bring this up more out of bemusement than anything else. A couple of times recently, I've been accused of using an engine. Every single time I think, 'Are you f***ing serious??!' My rating generally fluctuates between 1300 and 1400, and you think I'm using an engine?! Its absolutely pathetic and makes me laugh everytime.
This might be because I have pre-move enabled. To any newbies, its a tool you can enable under settings where you can pre select a move and it takes 0.1 secs per move. Its a perfectly legitimate tool and isn't cheating.
I will be the first to admit that I will challenge people in chat if I feel they have exercised a lack of etiquette, which I also admit can come across as rude. But i feel poor etiquette should be challenged.
Anyway, I apologise if this comes across as a pointless rant. I just feel that the integrity of chess as a true gentlemans game is reliant on players having respect for each other and their respective games.
For me blitz chess games are not all about winning. I would rather play that elusive 'gg' than get a lucky win on time. I personally always offer draws if I feel I'm about to win a game which I think i don't deserve.
I welcome people's thoughts/responses on the issues I've brought up.
Peace, JJ
I like and agree with this post, but I would like to point out that this happens in long games as well. In fact, in long games, the irritation of the above points is much larger, because your opponent has so much time to waste. This brings up the concept of click-ticking, which isn't really effective under fast time controls; however, becomes really annoying when your opponent has about an hour to waste. Take this 45|45 game into consideration. Skip to move 45.
As you can see, my opponent was totally lost, but would not resign, showing minimal respect, so I made him suffer for as long as possible. He finally resigned on move 72. I would argue with you that many players have a low level of etiquette, but that the worst problem is not under bullet or blitz time controls, but under standard time controls.
Aug 13, 2014
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#35
JesterJester wrote:
Fair point Black Leopard. Aren't they just known as panthers btw?
In Asia and Africa they're known as black leopards...In the Americas - it jaguars....someone asked me this question before...
I just prefer Leopard
Don't want to be associated with the political Black Panther party or the luxury car Jaguar.
JesterJester wrote:
I like how you had to change your own 'your mum' joke because it didn't make any sense.
You noticed? You have far too much idle time.
It made sense...but out kindness, I dilluted it.
I've just been pulling your chain, dude.
But, really, suck it up and piss off is good advice. Chess is like that. 
We can all agree with the complaints; it's just unmanly to slobber about the inequities of the riff raff in the chess community.
Sucking up the travails and pissing off to go play someone else makes the most sense.
Aug 13, 2014
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#39
I like this French expression : se regarder le nombril
Literally translated: staring at one's belly button. It describes a person who "perceives/experiences" the world only through his own personal views and perspective of things.
@Zigwurst I'm referring exclusively to online blitz games which I play for fun, not for competition. I imagine I might behave differently if it was a high level competition.