sandbaggers of chess.com -why?
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So I’m playing against a guy I lost to 4 times already. He’s lower ranked than me by about 100 points but he destroys me in 4 games. We play again in another tourney and it’s clear this guy is waaay better than me (analysis agrees) then he just resigns. New game starts and he insta resigns. I guess he’s trying to keep his rating under 1200? But why? What’s the point? Why sandbag? I don’t get it.
Aug 21, 2021
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Had this happen to me on lichess. Guy was rated 100 points less than me and was playing like a really good chess computer. I check his rating and he’s 1800 in all other time controls. I got really mad and reported him though idk if he just hadn’t played blitz in awhile. Still annoying.
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Sound like a sore loser
Aug 21, 2021
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Sandbagging is perplexing. I once played a 1500 blitz player in an under 1200 rapid tournament for 1st prize and we chatted or he trashed talked. I called him on it and his reasoning was he hardly plays rapid. I rebuttal that this is your third tournament attempt; he just wanted a tournament win.
Fortunately I played the spoiler and check mated him.
Unrated games are full of people like this. Ratings basically mean nothing half the time. Easy to create an account, say you're an expert even if you know nothing about chess, start at 2000 or whatever, then just play unrated. Equally, there are players at 200 that play more like 2000. I personally don't care but basically you have to assume everyone is good.