Game marked abandoned after just a few seconds of disconnection? Really?

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Avatar of Yuuchi_2011

it's kinda unfair that my game was marked as abandoned just bcuz i disconnected for a few seconds. i literally reconnected after like 30 seconds and the match was gone. that sucks, i was in a clear winning position and ended up losing elo for nothing. 

This rules make sense for quitters, but losing a game over a quick lag or disconnect is just frustrating. The timer could be more forgiving. It was a 10min rapid game.

Avatar of JatinStrikes

Yes

Avatar of Martin_Stahl
Yuuchi_2011 wrote:

it's kinda unfair that my game was marked as abandoned just bcuz i disconnected for a few seconds. i literally reconnected after like 30 seconds and the match was gone. that sucks, i was in a clear winning position and ended up losing elo for nothing.

This rules make sense for quitters, but losing a game over a quick lag or disconnect is just frustrating. The timer could be more forgiving. It was a 10min rapid game.

How long you have depends on the time control and if it's before move 10.

https://support.chess.com/en/articles/8593801-how-does-game-abandonment-work

Also, if you're disconnected and are losing, the time is shortened