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hkv50

Hello, I have an issue. Many times when I play, I find myself stalling when the position is hopeless. I know this is not nice, but I can't help doing that. I wish I were banned, so I'd never play a game that makes me feel angry rather than amused. But while this doesn't happen, what should I do to avoid stalling?

justbefair
carn1dpd wrote:

Hello, I have an issue. Many times when I play, I find myself stalling when the position is hopeless. I know this is not nice, but I can't help doing that. I wish I were banned, so I'd never play a game that makes me feel angry rather than amused. But while this doesn't happen, what should I do to avoid stalling?

Well, you just joined and it looks like you did okay today.

Tacomeats

Just resign and admit defeat. Maturity is always best.

Chr0mePl8edSt0vePipe
What do you mean by stalling? Actually playing on? Or just letting your clock run?
nklristic
TacticalPrecision wrote:

Playing on when down material is stalling. 

It is not. Stalling is when you play a game, you are a piece up, then your opponent neither resigns nor plays, he just lets his clock go down.

Here is the official definition by chess.com:

https://support.chess.com/article/675-what-is-stalling

SmallerCircles

Either muster your determination and try to play on or resign. Both are within your ability.

Romans_5_8_and_8_5
TacticalPrecision wrote:

Playing on when down material is stalling. 

No. You should never resign until the very end. Your opponent may blunder a draw or even lose. Playing on and never giving up shows strong character. 

Romans_5_8_and_8_5
TacticalPrecision wrote:
SmallerCircles wrote:

Either muster your determination and try to play on or resign. Both are within your ability.

Nobody wants to muster determination or "dig deep". It's a board game. 

You may not have the determination, which explains why you have 114 losses and only 84 wins! 

Romans_5_8_and_8_5
TacticalPrecision wrote:
ShrekChess69420 wrote:
TacticalPrecision wrote:
SmallerCircles wrote:

Either muster your determination and try to play on or resign. Both are within your ability.

Nobody wants to muster determination or "dig deep". It's a board game. 

You may not have the determination, which explains why you have 114 losses and only 84 wins! 

No: I don't have the motivation to care or try. Which is how 99.999999% of adults are. Of course, if one wants to display strength and determination, they don't sit down to a children's board game. 

99.999999% of adults don't have the motivation to care or try? Sounds like a you problem. meh.png

Romans_5_8_and_8_5
TacticalPrecision wrote:
ShrekChess69420 wrote:
TacticalPrecision wrote:
ShrekChess69420 wrote:
TacticalPrecision wrote:
SmallerCircles wrote:

Either muster your determination and try to play on or resign. Both are within your ability.

Nobody wants to muster determination or "dig deep". It's a board game. 

You may not have the determination, which explains why you have 114 losses and only 84 wins! 

No: I don't have the motivation to care or try. Which is how 99.999999% of adults are. Of course, if one wants to display strength and determination, they don't sit down to a children's board game. 

99.999999% of adults don't have the motivation to care or try? Sounds like a you problem.

...But it's true. You honestly think the average person walks around thinking about their chess progress? .......

450 points in a month? You seem pretty obsessed with chess to not "try" or care about you progress! Or maybe you just like to use chess.com as a form of social media?! cry.png bruh...

Romans_5_8_and_8_5
TacticalPrecision wrote:
ShrekChess69420 wrote:
TacticalPrecision wrote:
ShrekChess69420 wrote:
TacticalPrecision wrote:
ShrekChess69420 wrote:
TacticalPrecision wrote:
SmallerCircles wrote:

Either muster your determination and try to play on or resign. Both are within your ability.

Nobody wants to muster determination or "dig deep". It's a board game. 

You may not have the determination, which explains why you have 114 losses and only 84 wins! 

No: I don't have the motivation to care or try. Which is how 99.999999% of adults are. Of course, if one wants to display strength and determination, they don't sit down to a children's board game. 

99.999999% of adults don't have the motivation to care or try? Sounds like a you problem.

...But it's true. You honestly think the average person walks around thinking about their chess progress? .......

450 points in a month? You seem pretty obsessed with chess to not "try" or care about you progress! Or maybe you just like to use chess.com as a form of social media?! bruh...

Exactly. You know there aren't any adults walking around even thinking about this, let alone caring one iota about progression lol. 

If you're an adult who doesn't care an iota about your chess progress, then why play the game? Entertain yourself in other ways bro!

ninjaswat
TacticalPrecision wrote:
ShrekChess69420 wrote:
TacticalPrecision wrote:
ShrekChess69420 wrote:
TacticalPrecision wrote:
ShrekChess69420 wrote:
TacticalPrecision wrote:
SmallerCircles wrote:

Either muster your determination and try to play on or resign. Both are within your ability.

Nobody wants to muster determination or "dig deep". It's a board game. 

You may not have the determination, which explains why you have 114 losses and only 84 wins! 

No: I don't have the motivation to care or try. Which is how 99.999999% of adults are. Of course, if one wants to display strength and determination, they don't sit down to a children's board game. 

99.999999% of adults don't have the motivation to care or try? Sounds like a you problem.

...But it's true. You honestly think the average person walks around thinking about their chess progress? .......

450 points in a month? You seem pretty obsessed with chess to not "try" or care about you progress! Or maybe you just like to use chess.com as a form of social media?! bruh...

Exactly. You know there aren't any adults walking around even thinking about this, let alone caring one iota about progression lol. 

Tell that to all the adults at my last tournament why don't you 😁

Romans_5_8_and_8_5
TacticalPrecision wrote:
ninjaswat wrote:
TacticalPrecision wrote:
ShrekChess69420 wrote:
TacticalPrecision wrote:
ShrekChess69420 wrote:
TacticalPrecision wrote:
ShrekChess69420 wrote:
TacticalPrecision wrote:
SmallerCircles wrote:

Either muster your determination and try to play on or resign. Both are within your ability.

Nobody wants to muster determination or "dig deep". It's a board game. 

You may not have the determination, which explains why you have 114 losses and only 84 wins! 

No: I don't have the motivation to care or try. Which is how 99.999999% of adults are. Of course, if one wants to display strength and determination, they don't sit down to a children's board game. 

99.999999% of adults don't have the motivation to care or try? Sounds like a you problem.

...But it's true. You honestly think the average person walks around thinking about their chess progress? .......

450 points in a month? You seem pretty obsessed with chess to not "try" or care about you progress! Or maybe you just like to use chess.com as a form of social media?! bruh...

Exactly. You know there aren't any adults walking around even thinking about this, let alone caring one iota about progression lol. 

Tell that to all the adults at my last tournament why don't you 😁

Yeah, there's something wrong with them. 

You've played a game of chess almost every single day except since you joined. You have 450 points. You are obsessed. But no, you don't care about your progress. If you don't care about your progress, then why has chess consumed such a large part of your life?! I don't know what else to say. bruh...

ninjaswat
TacticalPrecision wrote:
ninjaswat wrote:
TacticalPrecision wrote:
ShrekChess69420 wrote:
TacticalPrecision wrote:
ShrekChess69420 wrote:
TacticalPrecision wrote:
ShrekChess69420 wrote:
TacticalPrecision wrote:
SmallerCircles wrote:

Either muster your determination and try to play on or resign. Both are within your ability.

Nobody wants to muster determination or "dig deep". It's a board game. 

You may not have the determination, which explains why you have 114 losses and only 84 wins! 

No: I don't have the motivation to care or try. Which is how 99.999999% of adults are. Of course, if one wants to display strength and determination, they don't sit down to a children's board game. 

99.999999% of adults don't have the motivation to care or try? Sounds like a you problem.

...But it's true. You honestly think the average person walks around thinking about their chess progress? .......

450 points in a month? You seem pretty obsessed with chess to not "try" or care about you progress! Or maybe you just like to use chess.com as a form of social media?! bruh...

Exactly. You know there aren't any adults walking around even thinking about this, let alone caring one iota about progression lol. 

Tell that to all the adults at my last tournament why don't you 😁

Yeah, there's something wrong with them. 

And that something is...?

SmallerCircles

Playing chess is a sign of mental illness. And you are an "active USCF member seeking rated online play!" I think you played yourself.

sndeww
carn1dpd wrote:

Hello, I have an issue. Many times when I play, I find myself stalling when the position is hopeless. I know this is not nice, but I can't help doing that. I wish I were banned, so I'd never play a game that makes me feel angry rather than amused. But while this doesn't happen, what should I do to avoid stalling?

Resign, or just throw away all your pieces and match your king up the board to get checkmated. Creativity!

sndeww
TacticalPrecision wrote:
ninjaswat wrote:
TacticalPrecision wrote:
ninjaswat wrote:
TacticalPrecision wrote:
ShrekChess69420 wrote:
TacticalPrecision wrote:
ShrekChess69420 wrote:
TacticalPrecision wrote:
ShrekChess69420 wrote:
TacticalPrecision wrote:
SmallerCircles wrote:

Either muster your determination and try to play on or resign. Both are within your ability.

Nobody wants to muster determination or "dig deep". It's a board game. 

You may not have the determination, which explains why you have 114 losses and only 84 wins! 

No: I don't have the motivation to care or try. Which is how 99.999999% of adults are. Of course, if one wants to display strength and determination, they don't sit down to a children's board game. 

99.999999% of adults don't have the motivation to care or try? Sounds like a you problem.

...But it's true. You honestly think the average person walks around thinking about their chess progress? .......

450 points in a month? You seem pretty obsessed with chess to not "try" or care about you progress! Or maybe you just like to use chess.com as a form of social media?! bruh...

Exactly. You know there aren't any adults walking around even thinking about this, let alone caring one iota about progression lol. 

Tell that to all the adults at my last tournament why don't you 😁

Yeah, there's something wrong with them. 

And that something is...?

They need to grow up and act like adults, maybe? Sitting around playing GI Joe with children and being competitive about it is pathetic. It's a sign of mental illness. Why do you think everyone here in America just makes fun of chess players? 

 

Actually, children are the minority in most non-scholastic tournaments. I have yet to see a normal open tournament with more children than adults playing.

Romans_5_8_and_8_5
TacticalPrecision wrote:
SmallerCircles wrote:

Playing chess is a sign of mental illness. And you are an "active USCF member seeking rated online play!" I think you played yourself.

And then I saw what a bunch of tryhards and no lifers this game was filled with. And that USCF only uses a 5 second delay because they LOVE time scrambles. No, I would definitely never sit down and play a rated OTB game at this point. Nor will I even play online anymore. Total waste of time that could be spent on everything else in life that matters. 

Yeah, I agree. Chess is such a waste of time. But posting on the chess.com forums isn't! happy.png

Zardorian
Jesus, Tacti, for someone who doesn’t care you sure seem to be all worked up about it. Calling people children for playing chess is a tantrum that you are throwing. I get it, you’re frustrated because you’d like to be better at chess than you are. Who doesn’t get frustrated sometimes? This is a great chess community that can help you, so rather than insult people, just try and learn from everyone here. But I have gotten frustrated before, too, even threatened to quit as well, so I get it.
Zardorian
I do? Thanks for telling me. Anyway, back from La La Land, sometimes I slip, make a mistake, lose a piece and regret it. Guess what, it might happen to my opponent, too. Does that make sense? So no, I don’t quit and many, many times my opponent has slipped as well and I have won the game. Those hard won victories are some of the most rewarding victories.