My opinion - What is done, is done. Let it go. Then have a little group discussion, and reinstate that chess is a game between two people. An active game is not subject to outside input. The time to discuss a game is when it is over, Talk nicely.
How would you feel about your opponent getting assistance from a more advanced player?
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One peer is newer to the game and hasn’t picked up new skills as easily. He’s been asking our advice on various games and most of us are open to giving him general chess advice to use in his games.
I have given him general advice on other games he’s playing and am playing against him myself. I admitted have been making reckless, experimental moves against him because he really isn’t very good right now and I enjoy challenging myself against him by doing unusual things knowing I can likely recover and win (has worked 100% of the time so far).
I woke up this morning to see that he made a very good and obvious move that could have had me mated in 1 but managed to turn it into a mate in 2. I found out today that one of the best players of the group told him to make the killer move.
While I don’t care about rank unless it pertains to me being removed from a tournament, I do feel like that wasn’t really fair and that we should draw the game before it ends. The other part of me wants to let him win and take the hit since he quite literally has not won a single games against any of us.
If you were in my position, would you feel like the game should be drawn since you would have played differently if you knew your opponent would have help or would you accept the loss from the tag team opponent?