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Sep 25, 2008

So would you like the scope of this setting to be changed?

Settings - Online Chess

These settings control who you play with, how many games you play, and what the game looks like!
NOTE: These settings can't help you win... that's a setting in your head! :)

Game Settings

Auto-Win on Time: Automatically claim victory when time runs out!
Tournament games always win on time automatically.

There would still be pressure from other non-tournament games, of course. In order to regulate the total pressure, the site would need to control the number of games a player paricipates in - an idea floated here http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-players/awardchess-and-erik

Some players can handle more stress than others, so ideally, this safety mechanism should be customisable (http://www.chess.com/forum/view/community/voluntary-restraint).

ChessPatzer

Sep 25, 2008

I'd like to add my two cents and say that I have the win on time unselected (or is it deselected???) because I would rather win due to skill, not someone forgetting to turn on vacation setting. This is fine, but sometimes people don't seem to come back for a while...and it would be nice to be able to have the power to cancel the game if they are not logging in. It wouldn't be a loss or win for anyone, just an understanding of "okay well you don't want to play, I don't want my rating/win % changing because of this non-representative game". Ha ha in a few months with all these suggestions we're all going to be complaining that chess.com takes too long to load!

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