I claimed draw. Am I an idiot?
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I was playing here at chess.com and after repeating the same position 3 times I claimed draw, and the game was drawn. I had not enought pieces to deliver checkmate and I was about to lose in time, so I found that solution. It was a 5 minutes game. When the game was over I had 5 seconds, and my opponent had 1 min and 30 seconds. The guy then called me an idiot. What I've been wandering, is if it is considered to be rude such a behavior (my behavior of looking for the draw), or if the guy was only pissed off because he couldn't make it.
No, he was just being rude. Taking the draw was your best move.
The clock is a piece like any other, and an especially lethal weapon in short time controls. You played the game exactly as it was meant to be played. Your opponent is mad at themselves for not balancing things.
The guy was the idiot! He should not have let threefold repetition with more clock time and material.
GrandeCavado wrote:
I was playing here at chess.com and after repeating the same position 3 times I claimed draw, and the game was drawn. I had not enought pieces to deliver checkmate and I was about to lose in time, so I found that solution. It was a 5 minutes game. When the game was over I had 5 seconds, and my opponent had 1 min and 30 seconds. The guy then called me an idiot. What I've been wandering, is if it is considered to be rude such a behavior (my behavior of looking for the draw), or if the guy was only pissed off because he couldn't make it.
Some (myself included) take those things more personally than others. It's not but we express through various forms (I just block you if you do that to me).