Here's my opinion! By playing 14 day/move games, you are willing choosing to play a game that can last over a year no problem. Personally I would never play them, but that's just me!
As for chess etiquette... I'd say if the player's moves show they don't know how to win with a single rook vs king... Then keep playing!
If you were at the expert level where everyone can mate with just a rook no problem, then I would find it rude to drag it on forever.
Agreed. It actually surprises me when I see how many players don't know how to close out an endgame when they have overwhelmingly superior material.
With honors, I presume?
i was playing yesterday with someone who doesnt know to mate with a queen and king against a 7th rank (or second)g pawn and king. i asked for a draw when it was clear my opponent was just checking forever with no goal and they actually accepted my offer!
You're better off spending your time and effort actually studying the game and learning from it. By the time this game ends you could have actually improve significantly. I don't know the game or the moves the opponent is making but if they seem clueless then just have them prove they know how to actually checkmate you. Problem with a 14-day game is that the opponent could just go and spend a few minutes actually learning how to do it.
i was playing yesterday with someone who doesnt know to mate with a queen and king against a 7th rank (or second)g pawn and king. i asked for a draw when it was clear my opponent was just checking forever with no goal and they actually accepted my offer!
Henceforth, I shall refer to thee as Lasker. (That's a compliment!)
You're better off spending your time and effort actually studying the game and learning from it. By the time this game ends you could have actually improve significantly. I don't know the game or the moves the opponent is making but if they seem clueless then just have them prove they know how to actually checkmate you. Problem with a 14-day game is that the opponent could just go and spend a few minutes actually learning how to do it.
For me, it's no time at all to keep the game going. Oh, say 2 minutes every 14 days, lol. Therefore, plenty of time is left for further study of the game. For my opponent, yes, he could end the game with a little google search. I'm sure c.c even has a little chess exercise for him to practice with.
i was playing yesterday with someone who doesnt know to mate with a queen and king against a 7th rank (or second)g pawn and king. i asked for a draw when it was clear my opponent was just checking forever with no goal and they actually accepted my offer!
Honestly, I had the same issue, and I helped them mate. They thanked me for it.
I'm in a 14 day per move game. Am I in the right to stand firm and force his hand to earn a rather pyrrhic victory? Background:
My opponent has a king and rook, while I am left just with a king. I'm refusing to resign, which will require that he close me out by checkmate. One reason for my defiance is that it's a tournament game, and if I can eek out a draw, my team wins the tourney. After every move, I ask for a draw. He's made nonsensical moves (over the last 3 months) rather than take the bloody draw.
My hunch is that he either doesn't know how to finish me, or he's just screwing around as a means to protest my lack of capitulation in this matter.
Side note: An obscure (rarely invoked) rule holds that 50 moves without a pawn move will result in a draw. Thus far, we've each made 15 such moves. However, another EVEN LESS!! known rule is that a move is actually two "turns". One by white, then one by black, and so on...
THEREFORE I will have to make 35 more moves (errr "turns") at the rate of one every 2 weeks in order to invoke the 50 move ceiling draw. At this rate, your children will be graduating from college by the time this bloody game ends over a year from now.