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Mustafa_512

Is check spamming considered as dirty play?

When someone is wasting your time by keeping checking your king, distracting you to make a mistake, is this a dirty behavior that deserves a report?

If not, then what's the "Report for Spamming" is for?

Thanks in advance.

Martin_Stahl
mustafa_diaa wrote:

Is check spamming considered as dirty play?

When someone is wasting your time by keeping checking your king, distracting you to make a mistake, is this a dirty behavior that deserves a report?

If not, then what's the "Report for Spamming" is for?

Thanks in advance.

 

Report for spamming is to report a member for posting advertising posts or messages, and has nothing to do with Chess games.

 

Continued checks is not something actionable.

Mustafa_512
Martin_Stahl wrote:
mustafa_diaa wrote:

Is check spamming considered as dirty play?

When someone is wasting your time by keeping checking your king, distracting you to make a mistake, is this a dirty behavior that deserves a report?

If not, then what's the "Report for Spamming" is for?

Thanks in advance.

 

Report for spamming is to report a member for posting advertising posts or messages, and has nothing to do with Chess games.

 

Continued checks is not something actionable.

I know that it's not actionable, I mean, is it considered as dirty/bad playing when someone is checking for no reason?

Martin_Stahl

The player checking certainly has a reason. If your king is easily checked, and that happens to be best plan your opponent has, then it would not be bad/dirty. 

RagingLion

I think it is considered a sort of a smart tactic, I understand it can be annoying but its the game, deal with it

aMazeMove

if it is legal, then you/they can do it

blueemu
Mustafa_512 wrote:

I know that it's not actionable, I mean, is it considered as dirty/bad playing when someone is checking for no reason?

It isn't your opponent's job to keep your King safe from checks.

That's YOUR job.

... and of course he has a reason: if he can keep you too busy answering checks for you to threaten him, then he can't lose. 

Strangemover

I vote that the term 'perpetual check' be replaced by 'check spamming' 😆 

RobertJames_Fisher

But if you block his/her check then they move the piece to another spot which you can block it again with the same piece over and over is poor and play

blueemu
millerd66 wrote:

But if you block his/her check then they move the piece to another spot which you can block it again with the same piece over and over is poor and play

It isn't poor play if it turns a potentially lost game into a draw. That's GOOD play.

RobertJames_Fisher

Because it shows you have no other plan and you are not good enough to come up with a new one 

SpacePodz
Why would anyone call perpetual checking “poor play” it’s very common. Listen to emu man. Also, there are times where the only way to avoid losing is to force a draw that way.
KingCobra280

It is not dirty/bad playing. In fact, it is a tatic I use to reach better positions, gain an advantage or gain material. You might get annoyed or frustrated but it is not dirty//bad playing

RobertJames_Fisher
KingCobra280 wrote:

It is not dirty/bad playing. In fact, it is a tatic I use to reach better positions, gain an advantage or gain material. You might get annoyed or frustrated but it is not dirty//bad playing

if you repeat the same check and your opponent blocks it you gain nothing and it shows you don’t have the skills to win the game any other way

 

RobertJames_Fisher
SpacePodz wrote:
Why would anyone call perpetual checking “poor play” it’s very common. Listen to emu man. Also, there are times where the only way to avoid losing is to force a draw that way.
 
in a game Anya is not a draw game that could clearly continue show some guts and creativity and go for it unless you don’t have the guts to try something other than repeating the same check. as Einstein once said definition of insanity doing the. Same thing and expecting different results 

 

KingCobra280
millerd66 wrote:
KingCobra280 wrote:

It is not dirty/bad playing. In fact, it is a tatic I use to reach better positions, gain an advantage or gain material. You might get annoyed or frustrated but it is not dirty//bad playing

if you repeat the same check and your opponent blocks it you gain nothing and it shows you don’t have the skills to win the game any other way

 

Sometimes, you do checks to gain a draw (repetition) when you are in a losing position which is smart. If you can do a series of check that gives you a better position or material gain or advantage then go ahead and do it. It doesn't mean you dont have the skills to win the game another way. It's actually smart

KingCobra280
millerd66 wrote:
SpacePodz wrote:
Why would anyone call perpetual checking “poor play” it’s very common. Listen to emu man. Also, there are times where the only way to avoid losing is to force a draw that way.
 
in a game Anya is not a draw game that could clearly continue show some guts and creativity and go for it unless you don’t have the guts to try something other than repeating the same check. as Einstein once said definition of insanity doing the. Same thing and expecting different results 

 

It is not insane if you get different results  happy.png

KingCobra280

For example look at this daily puzzle, a series of checks led to you capturing the queen! It's actually a useful tactic. I hope you understand now

SpacePodz
So I should just lose instead of exploiting the fact that my opponents king is open and going for a draw? Also, even if it’s not a draw, checking gets you better a better position. Legit ask ANY professional or high ranking player and they will say repetitive checking is a valid strategy.
RobertJames_Fisher

I don’t need a puzzle but thank you for offering you are so kind. Not talking the same thing. If you move your queen and check me and then I move my rook to block you then you move your queen to a different square to check me then I move that same rook to block you again so then you move your queen to the first checking position hence I move my rook to the same blocking position, come up with a new plan. That is repetitive / redundant because the first plan is not working