Declining an invitation to play

Would it be considered bad form to decline an invitation to play a player on the grounds that his rating is much lower than mine? I have played this same player 3 times in a row and have beaten him each time, if you decline an invitation to play I have noticed that you need to put a reason, what constitutes an acceptable reason?

It's the internet, nothing is taken personally.

you don't have to put a reason, just leave it blank, or say that you have too many games at the momemt.

if you have lost three times from the same person, would you play more?

ha.

to the OP...I still don't understand the point of that box.  It irritates me to the point that I just click ignore instead of decline.

three is enough

I play mostly team games and tournaments, so I always have that reason for refusal. I need a strong and compelling reason to accept a challenge.

thanks for the advice

In other words, just lie? I would just tell the truth.

live chess i almost always accept rematches unless i'm logging off the site. turn-based chess i've rarely had people issue rematch requests. the two or three times that it has happened i've accepted.

if a player requests a third rematch (or more) in any situation, i will only accept the request under certain circumstances (pretty much i way if the game is worth it to me). playing someone twice (once with white and once with black) is usually enough for me.

you can just leave it blank. Prehaps say, "Sorry, your ratings are too low for me to accept"

HELLO if the opp. is getting better after 3 games then u did a good job

u can always go into settings and  dont allow lower range challanges

or simply say the truth from start that you would like to play several games and your intensions are to meet /play new people

anyway how good are u ???

challange me

" STOP! I'm NOT available for challenges or tournaments!"

" My friends can challenge me no matter what! "

this way u can decide who playes with u

if this is iritating listen this; I found a player in open seeks and accepted the game. after 6-7 moves i made a blunder and resigned. Then I asked for one more game he didn't want to, but 10 minutes after I saw his name in open seeks, I accepted again and made a move and he aborted the game

You're too easy to beat, and I prefer a challenge? I can't imagine anybody being obligated to play somebody on here against their will.

 have you ever played against me??

If I've played white - win, lose or draw - I always offer a rematch; if black I leave it to my oppo; but sometimes because of team and tounament games and business commitments, I can't take 'em on at the time so defer it till later - I have several on that list at the moment, but I will get around to all of 'em in time

What I don't understand is that if you consider someone to be pestering you, why don't you just tell 'em ? Woulda saved you more time than starting this thread

The problem here is that you think you have to justify saying "No", and that your reason for doing so has to be a "valid" one. This is simply wrong - you don't have to give a reason for turning down ANY invitation. All you have to do is just say, "No, thank you."

 Your quote didn't get my whole statement. I was merely telling him what he could say to the guy who keeps challenging him.

It will, however, accept the following reason:

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I usually just create a topic in the forum and hope he sees it.