Have You Ever Thrown a Chess Game?

I have done it while teaching a kid how to play and I try to do it so I can get my girlfriend to play...
But I don't think that counts at all

My husband and I play unrated games with the goal being to stay connected throughout our work day.  He lets me win about half of our games, or more, otherwise I would probably call it quits.  In his games with me, he has to figure out how hard he can play without me having to call him at work to remind him of the rules (we've settled on the rule that his queen can't move, and sometimes he has to not take, he just gets to rub it in that he could take it if he wanted).  Very, very hard, for both of us.  Last night he took my queen right before we went to bed.  Lets just say he didn't sleep so well  ;-)

Surprisingly, it has made me a better player and I have thrown moves/games if I feel someone's moral is suffering - everyone needs a break now and then.   

my friend and i have drawn winnable positions before due to not wanting to waste time. once in a rook king v king bishop he traded the rook for bishop to start a new game knowing he would of won

In tournament play?

Never.

To a beginner at my casual club? 

sure.

She was cute so it had to be that way, plus she was dumping her boyfriend and feeling bad...ok I'm a sucker (for a pretty face). 

I met a girl at a tourney once.  She was hte only good-looking girl there, and I ended up playing her right at the beginning.  I feel bad for the 50 move draw, but she was already mad at me for making it a difficult first game, and I didn't want to hear my teammates make crude jokes so I postponed it for as long as I could, which was over 120 moves and about 90 minutes later.  The next tournament I went to, she was there, and I ended up playing her again.  I won this time though, even when I made a mistake and lost a pawn.  REDEMPTION IS MINE!!!

Lol, yep never throw a game, but if she gives you the digits, reconsider, heehee.

no luck there.  

An excellent point.

Although I would not profess to having thrown a chess game, I've lost at least nineteen due to absent mindedness or inebriation.

So if you later on blunder and the same friend or another takes advantage of the blunder you wouldn't call them friends anymore??

good friends should understand "what happens on the board - stays at the board."

and it has nothing to do with rating points it has something to do with equal changes for everybody to win the tournament. what if the person you played in the same tournament wasn't a friend would you still let him get away with the same blunder?

In all kinds of games and competitions including chess, there will be losers. Those who cannot accept being the loser or cannot tolerate seeing others lose should not play. Losing is a part of life and learning. Avoiding competition is escaping from reality. 

If winning will make that much satisfied, go ahead 

If a weaker player is willing to play a stronger player for money, then the stronger player should reward this generosity with an occasional sloppy move or even a bad move. 

I think "throwing a game" is a bit strong of a term. I've let weaker players "catch up" by accidentally letting a piece get forked or allowing them to improve their position when I could have easily stopped it. Then I'll usually play to a draw if they are not too cocky about it. This is otb with people i know only. No mercy on the Internet.

ok you are right I am very competetive. but do you think I would be bad friend for winning on a blunder?? 
I don't understand this qoute "put friendship before rating points"

if you are playing a friend in a tournament he would know it is nothing personal in punishing a blunder. it is a game. I wouldn't dare playing a friend if I thought it could cost a friend. I would simply offer draw on move 1.  what happens in the game - stays in the game. What happens in Vegas....

Sounds as if some of you just enjoy whipping your little children or grandchildren.

Sometimes when playing children you have to go into not objectively best sidelines or even relatively obscure openings like 1.Nf3,c5 2.b3 as white (if black opts to fianchetto then Bxf6 is a viable candidate as it fights over the d5 square as shown by Karpov and Nakamura) or even the Van Geet.

  As black, children would have trouble against the Dutch and usually plug the hole on e6 by forcing me to trade a bishop for knight on that square, so I opt for the Nimzo or Queen's Indian instead against them as natural moves are stronger.  In the Dutch going for a Bd3 setup is natural, but relatively weak (this is when they aren't hip on the theory, if they are see above how they defeat the purpose of playing d5 attempting to cramp black and plugging a weak square and diagonal usually after ...h6-Ne6?-Bxe6-dxe6 where the white pawn keeps black's king safe and will be gobbled up in the endgame). 

I had a chess game thrown at me from jealous ex wife ....true story. I believe it was the Excalibur electronic board. She did break it.

Yes -- when playing my boss.

1) Sure.

2) When playing people who are learning.

3) I think so, since you constantly have to warn them not to give away more pieces.