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Avatar of FightBrainCancer

was in a game and once all his pieces were taken, all that was left was his king and I had just made a pawn into a queen. since he knew he couldn't win he literally just didn't make a move and let the clock run from 10 minutes all the way down to zero seconds without making a move.

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No........   I get this problem from time to time, as well as chat abuse.  For some reason or another Chess.com chooses to nothing about it.  it is almost, as if they don't care.

Avatar of JessieMillano2015

I suggest you play 5 minute blitz. With an increment, if you like. 5 | 5 is my favorite time control.

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MentalE wrote:

was in a game and once all his pieces were taken, all that was left was his king and I had just made a pawn into a queen. since he knew he couldn't win he literally just didn't make a move and let the clock run from 10 minutes all the way down to zero seconds without making a move.

So what? He was maybe looking for a draw? He has time on his clock, his choice to use it.

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https://support.chess.com/customer/portal/emails/new you can report abuse here.

Avatar of Former_mod_david

You can also report abuse through Help --> Report Abuse

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Avatar of Slow_pawn
Unfortunate downside to online play. Happened to me more times than I can count. I'm a little surprised that this is the first this has happened to you actually.
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2Q1C wrote:

Is naming and shaming allowed?

if your not sure shame them but make it sound positive. for example: boybetterknow123 is very determined and will do anything he can to win.

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tomiki wrote:

No........   I get this problem from time to time, as well as chat abuse.  For some reason or another Chess.com chooses to nothing about it.  it is almost, as if they don't care.

They don't care.

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Block & Report any abuse, see #5 & #7.

Avatar of Monie49
Block him
Avatar of corum

I don't see the problem. It is for each player to make moves in their time available as they see fit. It is ludicrous for you to suggest that your opponent should move quickly just because it suits you and because you think you are winning. #unbelievablearrogance

Avatar of chessmate077

well, it seems that there is no option to report someone so I would like to point out here on the discussion that it is very wrong to leave the game without offering a draw or surrender like

mimilany

Mimilany Cat
Croatia

did when he made a stuppid move

Thanks!
Avatar of Supatag

I wouldn't play with anyone with such a name, since you can be sure that they don't take pride in the account. If they are playing on an account they don't take any pride in then they don't take pride in themselves. If they don't take pride in themselves then they're not going to have respect for you. Just block them when they ask for a game and look for someone else to play.

There are plenty more fish in the sea, as they say.

Avatar of MickinMD

I agree with those saying those are HIS 10 minutes, not yours.  Yes, he's being a jerk about it but he is playing within the rules.  I've recently had a similar situation - except, at least, my opponent was grinding out moves in a hopeless situation - and was disappointed I had to wait for the end and the win, but I had no complaint.

For the grinder-outers, I don't consider them jerks. I once coached a 3rd-state-ranked high school girls fast-pitch softball team. We had a "slaughter rule" where a team behind 12 or more runs afer 5 of the 7 innings can elect to lose the game and avoid further embarrassment against powerhouse teams.  But a lot of them wanted to play to the very end even though they knew they'd lose, often something like 27 to 3, just for the extra experience against a strong team.

Avatar of Skinnyhorse

     I have had people who won't resign and make you sit there for 5 or 8 minutes until they run out of time---I think I have to live with it or block them from playing against me. 

     Idiots!!

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Wise words, <Supatag> - this cuts right to the heart.

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     This is a true story---It was a high school team state championship---one of the players on team "B" (anonymous) would not resign in the final round---his frustrated opponent ultimately wond up stalemating the player on team "B"---team "B" won the state championship by 1/2 point. 

Avatar of solskytz

A player has a right to want to have a good time, to enjoy a good game of chess - not infuriating, sore, non-sportsmanlike behavior. 

Some people take opposition to winning on time - but that's part of the game. 

The following happened to me earlier today and an opponent was I-N-F-U-R-I-A-T-E-D !!!

 

So people can have very deep feeling about things that are pretty trivial - winning on time, using your automatic play (premove) against you - 

But just sitting there and letting time run because you lost and you will now "take revenge" and waste the other guy's time - OK, this is just stupid. 

And no - it's NOT your opponent's time. It's YOUR time. 

When I play a 10 minute game, I want to enjoy 20 good minutes of a chess struggle. 

Of course the opponent can take three minutes and think about his next move. 

BUT - when he LOST and knows it, the game is over. 

The 10 minutes are his if it's 10 minutes of THINKING time. 

When there's nothing to think about anymore and he just knowingly wastes MY time because he wants to take revenge - no. I didn't invest the twenty minutes for that purpose. 

I invested them in the understanding that I'm going to enjoy a chess game. A struggle. 

That's what I have to say on this.

So yes - of course I block him after that game. I'm not a masochist and will not knowingly inflict such torture upon myself.

Avatar of Arasu987

It happened to me last week. I was mating the opponent in the next move and he made me wait for more than 10 minutes. When I asked him to make his move, he informed he was having his milk.

I complained to chess.com and got a stock reply that they will come back to later. I didn't get any further response.