Etiquette on lost games - Chess Forums - Page 2

tonyfitz7 · 2011-01-21T18:07:08-08:00

I was wondering if the Chess.com webmasters have posted any rules, or guidelines on the "etiquette of lost games"...what do I mean by that? Is it useful in a 3 day game for an opponent to play out a hopeless position to checkmate..? In many of my games I have resigned not only because I have

RevLarry

Jan 23, 2011

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#21

One out of five people have deep behaverial problems. Or perhaps he has a less than average I.Q. He may get frustrated because he can not compete. So..he slows down the inevitable.

Dragec

Jan 24, 2011

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#22

I like this thread on resigning:

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/community/why-wont-my-opponents-resign

yoeyyutch

Dec 3, 2012

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#23

It can be a little bit annoying I agree, but just barely because I'm most likely winning. Also, if you're not a personal acquaintance of your opponents, who's to say that there isn't something more important than chess is going on in their lives. But actually I think Wilson is right. Resigning is kind of like letting your timer run out. People make mistakes. Crazy things can happen. That said, I rarely resign until it's just my naked king running around the board.

Ok I have to add one thing to my comment. I was only talking about turn based games. If you're playing live and once you're one move away from obviously being mated, and you let the last 5 minutes of your timer run down before you move, then you're just a jerk and a sore loser.