Does rejecting a draw offer in equal position a sign of disrespect for opponents

If thats your logic then whites opening move should be offer draw?

Now that I remember I have agreed to a draw in a winning position in correspondence (queens an pawns endings), but I have to say that my oponnent was very high rated and I could have been a bit scared, and I have also resigned in a position in which a draw can be forced.

a player offered a draw after mating a player. both didn't see it and the other player accepted, the arbiter ruled that the result was draw.

Are we really debating, "because the computer said so" or "the chess engine said so". Everyone knows that chess engines and computers are not perfect. Afterall, who created them?...

no

It is never disrespectful to offer a draw nor decline a draw nor accept a draw. It is disrespectful to let the time run out if you know you are losing to make your opponent wait, it is disrespectful to flip the board over after you resign. It is disrespectful to heckle your opponent once the game is over, it is disrespectful to cheat. Sometimes I have played against lower rated opponents who would not resign when I have a passed pawn and am a piece or two up. I did not complain that this was disrespectful, maybe they wanted to learn something. Instead I proceeded to promote all of my pawns drawing out the game until even they saw it was lost. 

Respect for an opponent does not require declining to fight for a possible win. The only time when refusing a draw offer is bad etiquette is when the draw is clear to both players and there is no serious chance of a result.

Squeezing out a win from dull looking positions is a key skill of some of the top players.

Well,this thread has been informative regarding the prevalence of distorted thinking among chess players.

If you don't want a huge range of opinions, then don't consult the internet!

why ?

who cares

no, its part of the game, if a lower quality player thinks that its not an equal positon than its in his/her right to draw it out over 50 move repetion although that is a pain in the you know what there is nothing to stop them from doing that because its part of the game, Yes its rude to a certain extent but what comes around goes around....just be patient and play it out then move on to another player

I was at a tournament and we were waiting to play next game.

A player set up an interesting position on the board he had seen and he told me that this position was pointless to play on cause 2 grandmasters had analyzed it to be draw.

I said to him I would still play on cause neither of us were grandmasters and would make errors.

He made a bet (A Coke) with me that he could still draw the game regardless how I played it.

later I was drinking a free Coke.

Point is equal is fare from drawn in many cases and many offer draw because they are afraid to make a mistake. But chess is a humans game with errors.

Whenever anyone offers me a draw, the first thought that goes through my head isn't "Is this position equal?", it's "Why is he afraid to play on?"

I think the OP is guilty of fuzzy thinking here;does the OP mean an even position where both sides have equal chances and there is plenty of play left in the position,or does the OP mean a sterile position with equal material where the only way to make progress is via unsound moves that lead to a loss?The first type of position may or may not be eventually drawn,the second is a definate draw.

Why should it matter if my opponent "respects" or "disrespects" me anyway? My only concern should be whether I respect myself or not. I won't waste my own time playing out a draw for 50 moves but if the player on the other side of the board wants to, that's his prerogative.

It also depends on how much respect a player has for himself. When I play chess online, I keep getting draw request when oppenent is in losing position.

I haven't seen the match that you're referring, though. So, I'm unable to comment on it. ;)

Just because a position is a theoretical draw does not mean I and my opponent actually know how to draw it. My rule is to play on until I can no longer learn from the game.

you are right I have seen players lose even if they have reach a position that is book draw because they play it wrong or even resign.

There's a seemingly roughly equal position at the beginning of the game, but a draw agreement would be wrong because an unequal position can develop.

At any point in the game, it's right to reject a draw in a seemingly equal position if you think an unequal position is possible or if you think you can play a better endgame.  I've played games where I won only because I was better at the endgame.