offering draw when about to lose.

I'm a beginner (1050 in daily), and probably a third of all my opponents offer a draw when they're clearly gonna lose (down 6 or more points in material). I think this is kinda rude. Am I just overreacting? Does this happen at higher rating?

It's mostly a beginner thing.  Beginners hate to lose and try to swindle a draw.  More advanced hate to lose too, but the swindles get a little more sophisticated as they try to play for stalemate.

Who would ever do that? a draw against a lower player would lower your rating. not only would most people not want that, but then they'll be paired against even lower ranked players, and that would just be unfair playing against someone so far below your skill level.

That's the thing. it doesn't feel good to say no to someone asking you to do something (in this case, it's saying no to a draw). That's why I think it's a little rude to offer a draw when clearly losing.

well if your down that much material it is just ridiculous.

What i see more often is people offering draws before they capture a piece-they then press their clock and leave you with a decision to make .

While having an obvious recapture on the board you are burning your time, it is clever of them but at the same time a bit unsportsmanlike.

To ask for a draw when you are losing is unsportsmanlike conduct.

You only have to care a tiny bit about your rating to never accept a draw when a win is inevitable. Being that an accurate rating gets you paired up with similarly skilled opponents, and setting a rating goal is a good way to work towards improvement, It's only natural to care about your rating.

No one claimed it was horrible. exaggerating your opponents beliefs in an argument is just intellectually dishonest. The point is that asking for a draw when you're about to lose is just begging for a higher rating instead of earning it. It looks pathetic; like they can't accept that they lost.

no, it's not etiquette. in fact, the player who offers a draw when obviously losing is an idiot.

you dont have to say no to decline a draw (also OTB), just decline by making a move and win your winning positions

in online chess you cant push the darw button too often they already know its a form of spamming

My chess coach's advise was when your opponent offers you a draw ask yourself 'what is it they don't like about their position'?

maybe its rook vs rook and they are bored

I've gotten draws against lower rated players with the old cheeky draw offer in a worse position.  Not 6 points down but definitely in a position I would play on for the win if I were my opponent.

I've also won games after my opponent blundered having refused a draw.

I`ve won games in correspondence Chess because my opponent died. Talk about the "dead man`s defense"!

so did you do a post mortem?