Funny thing is they bay for your blood initially with early attacks, blunder, then unabashedly want to get away with it. Fantastic examples of being completely without any sportsman spirit.
NOW you want to draw?
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More than once I've accepted draws from my opponents when I'm clearly in a lost position, it makes me wonder if I should offer the occasional draw in a lost position... Not that I do, it seems insulting.
However people complaining about repeated draw offers occasionally don't realise that they are being rude by not accepting the offer in a drawn position that they just think they are winning. An example would be a King and Rook vs King and Knight endgame.
"Clearly losing" as in being down to king against king and queen. Grant me that I know what I'm talking about. Thanks.
Don't get me wrong, but everyone should try to draw the worse conclusion.
BloodyJack wrote:
More than once I've accepted draws from my opponents when I'm clearly in a lost position, it makes me wonder if I should offer the occasional draw in a lost position... Not that I do, it seems insulting.
However people complaining about repeated draw offers occasionally don't realise that they are being rude by not accepting the offer in a drawn position that they just think they are winning. An example would be a King and Rook vs King and Knight endgame.
I don't see anything rude in refusing draw and trying to win theoretically drawn position - there is no guarantee that your opponent knows the theory and will be able to follow it under time pressure.
Carlsen and Nakamura are both known for playing out theoretically drawn endgames and I remember cases where Carlsen succeded to win due to opponent's inaccuracies.
uri65 wrote:
BloodyJack wrote:
More than once I've accepted draws from my opponents when I'm clearly in a lost position, it makes me wonder if I should offer the occasional draw in a lost position... Not that I do, it seems insulting.
However people complaining about repeated draw offers occasionally don't realise that they are being rude by not accepting the offer in a drawn position that they just think they are winning. An example would be a King and Rook vs King and Knight endgame.
I don't see anything rude in refusing draw and trying to win theoretically drawn position - there is no guarantee that your opponent knows the theory and will be able to follow it under time pressure.
Carlsen and Nakamura are both known for playing out theoretically drawn endgames and I remember cases where Carlsen succeded to win due to opponent's inaccuracies.
They don't play out King and Rook vs King and Knight though, do they 
I come across these jerks who are very aggressive and play like mad initially. Then when they are clearly losing, they start hitting the draw button. And I mean clearly losing. Cheeky is one thing, this is plain obnoxious. Roll with the punches, don't be a jacka zz.