fginelli wrote:
This is ridiculous, just lost two games since my laptop battery died out too soon. I immediately plugged it back but by the time I was back online I had already auto resigned.
Do not tell me it is to avoid bad losers, if someone wants to waste your time it can simply run out her/his clock without the need to disconnect!
How much time you have depends on the time control.
https://support.chess.com/en/articles/8593801-how-does-game-abandonment-work
Though it can happen faster if you're losing and disconnect
This is ridiculous, just lost two games since my laptop battery died out too soon. I immediately plugged it back but by the time I was back online I had already auto resigned.
Do not tell me it is to avoid bad losers, if someone wants to waste your time it can simply run out her/his clock without the need to disconnect!