I've had it happen to me, but very infrequently. I assume it's a last ditch effort to salvage a 1/2 point on the freakishly remote chance that I accept.
I ignore the offer and enjoy playing from the winning position.
Why do people offer draw while losing?
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It happens all the time. I don't think it is big enough to report them. I would just rate them as a poor sport at the end of the game.
there is an option to not show your opponents draw offers for the rest of the game
Snookslayer wrote:
I accept all those draw offers. I don't give a flip about my Blitz rating. I just want to move on to the next game as fast as possible.
wow they are just last ditch attemps and some people actually accept them
not trying to be mean btw
Jun 23, 2020
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@OP... why do people ask stupid questions which have obvious answers?
landloch wrote:
I've had it happen to me, but very infrequently. I assume it's a last ditch effort to salvage a 1/2 point on the freakishly remote chance that I accept.
I ignore the offer and enjoy playing from the winning position.
Worse - I wasn't a player in the game, but I was watching a game in a Chess.com tournament not too many days ago after my board ended early. The losing side kept offering draw to the winning side almost every move even though the position is dead lost.
Maybe they are young. It is the sort of thing my 8 year old son might do to protect his rating. I le
Jun 24, 2020
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MarkGrubb wrote:
Maybe they are young. It is the sort of thing my 8 year old son might do to protect his rating. I le
No. They know what they're doing. They are Annoying the Winner. They won't allow the winner to enjoy Sweet Victory.
Jun 24, 2020
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It happened to me, he blundered, I took a piece which left him with just a king, I had 4 passed pawns and he offered a draw, which I ignored, and 2 days later he resigned.
I have played him a number of times before and it’s the first time he’d done anything like that.
I gave him the benefit of the doubt, and thought he’d pressed the draw instead of resign.
I have played him a number of times before and it’s the first time he’d done anything like that.
I gave him the benefit of the doubt, and thought he’d pressed the draw instead of resign.
Jun 24, 2020
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CMuhally wrote:
The fact is that online chess has too many unpleasant aspects. When you play opponents face to face, they never dare doing such ....... things; because they may get their asses kicked
Or punched in the face.
My classmate does that. Two weeks ago he accidentally blundered his queen and rook and offered draws. I just ignored them and he made me wait for him to timeout (note that was 5 min game). So annoying. Btw I just played the computer when I was waiting.
gdzen wrote:
what's this.. i live this time to time.. opponent makes a mistake and offers a draw, they usually go offline when i dont accept. should i report them.. because they make me wait 3mins..
why do they offer draw while losing? is this normal? is this kind of a peace offer? why does it come only while they are losing? why dont anyone offer a draw while i'm losing?
do you live that too? how do you respond?
You don't need to report them, just think in the positive side. They resigned from the game, so you won! That's what you should think.
eric0022 wrote:
landloch wrote:
I've had it happen to me, but very infrequently. I assume it's a last ditch effort to salvage a 1/2 point on the freakishly remote chance that I accept.
I ignore the offer and enjoy playing from the winning position.
Worse - I wasn't a player in the game, but I was watching a game in a Chess.com tournament not too many days ago after my board ended early. The losing side kept offering draw to the winning side almost every move even though the position is dead lost.
That's what happens to me
These people are hoping you accept it and save themselves some rating points. This happens and it's annoying especially if they don't disconnect/ disconnect and reconnect forever/ it's a rapid game
gdzen wrote:
what's this.. i live this time to time.. opponent makes a mistake and offers a draw, they usually go offline when i dont accept. should i report them.. because they make me wait 3mins..
why do they offer draw while losing? is this normal? is this kind of a peace offer? why does it come only while they are losing? why dont anyone offer a draw while i'm losing?
do you live that too? how do you respond?
I encounter that a lot at my level, it is mostly when people are on a losing streak and try to find a nice guy to bail them out and once that fails they BabyRage. Honestly, my recommendation is to just report them, the more they get punished for it the less they will do it.
Jun 24, 2020
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I get them occasionally. They could be kids.
For the ones that make me wait, I simply block them to not have to deal with it in the future. There's usually a tell--bad position plus long time to move. The upside is you don't have to work for the point anymore. I usually just look at the other tabs in my browser and regularly check the live game. Whatever happens, you're already ahead position-wise anyway. and probably on time too.
I am a kid and I never offer draws unless it is for a absolute good reason.
I am nine
I’ve never encountered those people.