I'll offer a draw when I'm down, just on the off chance that my opponent accepts and I can scrap a draw out of a losing position, but I never just go offline while in a losing position and let time expire. Whenever someone does that to me, I immediatly rate the person in question as a poor sport, but most of the time never go so far as to report them to chess.com. I don't offer the draw out of not being able to lose - I just would rather take a 1/2 point instead of a loss. I don't try to be cocky about it, I realise I'm in a losing position, and I know that I'll try and pull a stalemate, so I might as well send the draw offer as well. I won't keep offering draws though, unless the position happens to change drastically from me being down a piece, to put a piece, to down a piece again, or something along those lines.
Why do people offer draw while losing?
No one wants to lose xD
No one wants to lose
Everyone loses....except Capablanca. And even he lost 34 times.
I believe it's just fine to offer a draw when losing....it's about trying their chances that the winning opponent doesn't realise he is winning.....perfectly fine...because if someone doesn't know when he is winning, he doesn't really deserve it...
They are asking for mercy so then you should just decline the draw.
It happened to me all the time, i think they always do it so it will be a fair game maybe because i torture them with my "Wayward queen attack" but its just a small thing to report about
multiple reasons
1. u wil keep safe ur winning streak
2. it wil save ur rank
3 it wil not count as lose
I think it stands to reason that nobody's going to offer a draw while winning.
They want to resign but click the wrong button.
IcyAvaleigh is right. Because when you are in a loosing situation, the one who is about to loose looses nothing if the opponent accepts the draw. Basically, it's a last ditch effort to minimise their loss, since nobody likes loosing.
"why do they offer draw while losing? is this normal?"
This has to be one of the dumbest questions ever! Why do people offer a draw when losing? Because they'd rather have a draw than a loss. Pretty simple isn't it. A better question would be: Why do you care?
thats a fair question, i saw it on queens gambit too. is it a tradition?
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.
Can I play you?
I'm one of those older nerds who remembers playing over the board in am in-person ches club. In those days chess etiquette was something of the rule. Offering a draw in an obviously losing position was considered bad form. You would get flamed for it if you did it without a good reason. I know that those days are gone, but I still maintain the romantic notion that chess is a "gentleman's game" (now it would be call "gentleperson's game"). I don't get all bent out of shape if someone offers a draw when they are losing, and I most often accept. Chess.com ratings don't matter to me. What I do object to are players who chat "move faster" when they are playing a 15 min game. I don't intentionally milk the clock, but I'm not a blitz or bullet player. If one wants to force their opponent to play faster, then play blitz or bullet. Don't try to do that by being a rude jerk.
OTB...I have had people offer me a draw in winning, and losing positions.
I have offered draws in winning, and losing positions.
All for varying reasons.