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Avatar of OrangeFreeState

What does it mean when a game has been aborted?  I challenged a player and, as white, made the first move but the other player never started and the game timed out.  I received an email that said, "Your game vs XXX has been aborted"  I've had other games time out but did not get an e-mail like this.  The game doesn't even show up on my game history.  

Avatar of OrangeFreeState

I didn't know that was possible. Thanks. It was a 3 day per move game and I checked it with about 12 minutes left, so if that's what happened he must have caught it at the last minute.

Avatar of Leto
Since it was daily chess format, your opponent might be not big fan of such format. So he cancelled the game. For instance, I like daily chess but I prefer to play 1 day per move with unknown opponents. So, I can (but not always) may abort such challenges also.
Avatar of vamsim7

A game is aborted after your opponent disconnects/times out before finishing the first move. You can also abort before making the first move. For example, you can abort here: 1. e4 (black to move) but you can't here: 1. e4 e5 (white to move)