Look at this! I'm not trying to insult you, but here you are, moving your knight back and forth (who's being direspectful?) and I think if one of my opponents did that to me, I'd be pretty upset.
Ps. The clock isn't the only importand thing in chess.
Actually I agree with the OP, respect can be important in chess, that is why I believe the OP should start respecting his oponent
@kaynight Respect doesn't depend on any environment.
@aman_makhija But I am insulted. You can comment without suggesting it's an insult. You're welcome to your opinion, but don't use it to insult me.
Moving my night back and forth gave me a time advantage, but it gave the opponent several tempos to build an advantage in space. Eventually I have to respond to this space or be crushed like I was in the second game.
I understand the value of time, tempos, and space for example. You have disregarded the advantages granted my opponent in the above case. Disregard is a form of disrespect.
I'm not upset by your comment, but it contains elements of disrespect one might call upsetting....
Yesterday, I played two bullet games in which I simply moved the knight back and forth while the opponent developed his pieces.
In the first game, the opponent paused a couple of times during development, and after he'd finished developing and made a few moves, he resigned. I believe he resigned because he was 12 seconds down and figured he would not recover the time or mate. Other than that, it was uneventful.
The second time I tried it, I didn't watch the pawn advance to the sixth row and I got checkmated by a pawn because I hadn't developed anything and left the f7 pawn vulnerable.
So after the game the guy calls me an idiot and leaves. I left him a note saying he was disrespectful and he deleted it. I posted another saying he was disrespectful and he left it there, visited my page, swore at me and called me an idiot again.
I left another note that said it was a good game, I hadn't provoked him, and he was being a poor sport.
I'm not sure if it was my persistence or the fact that I mentioned it was a good game, but he made amends.
I'm just glad it happened and I hope disrespectful behavior happens less in the future. Respect between people is important, and I know it's hard for some to remain respectful when emotions run high.