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For rated games to be counted as rated, at least four moves have to be made by one player (i.e. in normal games white has to have made his fourth move).
If the game is a tournament game or a team match game, it will be counted as rated even if it has less moves than that.
Many thanks... Maybe I put my question wrongly. What I mean is, on chess.com does an opponent have to make a certain number of moves before the time runs out for the other player to be able to get a win (points improvement). For instance, if just one move is played and the time runs out, does this mean a win.
actually your opponent may not show up and you win without your opponent makes a move.
your opponent is allowed to resign without making a move. Strange but it is within the rules.
So the answer is there is no minimum moves a opponent must make for you to win.
The other answer is the fastest checkmate.
ilmago wrote:
For rated games to be counted as rated, at least four moves have to be made by one player (i.e. in normal games white has to have made his fourth move).
If the game is a tournament game or a team match game, it will be counted as rated even if it has less moves than that.
Many thanks... Well, two of my opponents have only made one move and there's only hours to go before game time elapses. I don't think it's fair that my rating shouldn't go up...
What's the longest fastest checkmate in 960?
You would not want to gain rating points for games that you have not really played.
So I would suggest :
* you hope they make it in time to continue their games with you
* if they should lose on time, move on to games with players who will play a game and get your rating changes from these games :-)
I recently had a game in which I was White and played my 2nd move, and my opponent timed out. I was credited with the win, but my rating did not increase.
bobbyDK: So if checkmate or resignation occurs before move 4, points are scored; but if a timing-out occurs before move 4, no points are scored? Is that correct?
quixote88pianist wrote:
I recently had a game in which I was White and played my 2nd move, and my opponent timed out. I was credited with the win, but my rating did not increase.
bobbyDK: So if checkmate or resignation occurs before move 4, points are scored; but if a timing-out occurs before move 4, no points are scored? Is that correct?
This is what I'm afraid of... Then why did they accept the challenge? I'll move on to other games I think!
onetwentysix wrote:
That must be the fastest check-mate possible. If only ppl would do that in real life ;)
boardGremlin wrote:
quixote88pianist wrote:
I recently had a game in which I was White and played my 2nd move, and my opponent timed out. I was credited with the win, but my rating did not increase.
bobbyDK: So if checkmate or resignation occurs before move 4, points are scored; but if a timing-out occurs before move 4, no points are scored? Is that correct?
This is what I'm afraid of... Then why did they accept the challenge? I'll move on to other games I think!
Could be a variety of reasons. I had a few games with players who had registered their accounts earlier in the day. They either forgot to get back on and check on their games, because they were so new to the site; or they forgot their password; or they lost interest and thought, "Eh, forget about it." But ilmago is right on: you wouldn't want to receive undue credit for games in which you couldn't get any practice or experience. That would just come back to bite you later. Good luck in your future games!
onetwentysix wrote:
Nice find
This just happened to me during a rated game and I was able to checkmate the opponet in 3 moves as white.
ilmago wrote:
You would not want to gain rating points for games that you have not really played.
So I would suggest :
* you hope they make it in time to continue their games with you
* if they should lose on time, move on to games with players who will play a game and get your rating changes from these games :-)
But I also dont want game aborted after I made c5 sicilian choice opponent doesnt like it and resigns and I get no points.
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That is another peculiarity of chess.com
'any game where both players have made at least one move will be rated'
https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/B022024
Hi
Is there a minimum number of moves that an opponent must make for me to have a win? Thanks if anyone can help...