What's a Remi?
Players who ask for remis when they would clearly win
Sort:
tooWEAKtooSL0W wrote:
What's a Remi?
Something like half and half I believe.
Mar 23, 2017
0
#5
Manoel-25 wrote:
....
And he sent me a "" smiley after that. I wrote back that it actually wasn't fair from me from accepting Remis and that it was a fair win from his side.
Maybe they are trying to keep their rating down? Also, you don't have to accept, just resign when it happens.
Sorry, a draw yes. I thought the word Remis was used in English too, at least I use it in French and German as well.
Yes, I can decline of course. And BTW, what would the point be of keeping their rating low? Ok, they play against people below their real level. But I don't see the point, unless you love smashing noobs, which I'm aware some people do.
Yes, I can decline of course. And BTW, what would the point be of keeping their rating low? Ok, they play against people below their real level. But I don't see the point, unless you love smashing noobs, which I'm aware some people do.
Martin_Stahl wrote:
Manoel-25 wrote:
....
And he sent me a "" smiley after that. I wrote back that it actually wasn't fair from me from accepting Remis and that it was a fair win from his side.
Maybe they are trying to keep their rating down? Also, you don't have to accept, just resign when it happens.
Or accept the draw if you want it.
Mar 23, 2017
0
#8
The reason I suggested a resign in such a situation is the OP felt it wasn't fair to take the draw.
Mar 23, 2017
0
#9
i agree it looks like the player wants to keep his rating down, but why? Are there for-money big prizes with rating categories using chess.com ratings?
I know that was a major problem in the past with USCF OTB big-prize tournaments, where players would lose intentionally in minor tournaments before the big-prize ones so they could win the big prize in a lower category - the reason for the current rating floors.
MickinMD hat geschrieben:
i agree it looks like the player wants to keep his rating down, but why? Are there for-money big prizes with rating categories using chess.com ratings?
I know that was a major problem in the past with USCF OTB big-prize tournaments, where players would lose intentionally in minor tournaments before the big-prize ones so they could win the big prize in a lower category - the reason for the current rating floors.
Yes, I understand that in real tournaments, but who uses Chess.com ratings?
Funny thing is I've have this happen not so rarely to me. Always the same thing, close game towards the end, and the draw just before the move that would be checkmate. I've also had people resign one move before they checkmated me (in that case they also lost points, I don't get it).
Has anyone noticed players that would ask you for a Remis just one move before they would checkmate you? I've seen this quite often, but wondering what's "behind" this. An example of a match that I just played:
And he sent me a "
" smiley after that. I wrote back that it actually wasn't fair from me from accepting Remis and that it was a fair win from his side.