I may just be a bad sport in general; but when playing a blitz or rapid game, I feel as if games won by an opponent's loss of time feel somewhat unjustified- or games lost by mere seconds seem all the more crushing. there is a skill to play chess by the clock- especially in bullet, but honestly, it feels more like playing for a glorified draw; as in not much genuine strategy is enveloped in the game's core, and the player isn't learning to play, but learning on how short you can go without playing.
I dunno; I just think I've won too many games I shouldn't have, and lost too many that were just shy of a pawn to be considered a draw of time vs. Insufficient material. - I would like time-wins to be genuine wins, sure; but have less of an increase in ELO points as it would be if one were to win by checkmate.
Just give me a month when I'm back to playing bullet games; and I'll take a 180 from this thesis.
It's also possible that a player's timeout is due to more time needed to think out the defences in a losing position.
And more importantly, if I am one move away from checkmating my opponent and my opponent leaves the game running until his clock runs out, then I would be disadvantaged if my rating gain is lower.
I may just be a bad sport in general; but when playing a blitz or rapid game, I feel as if games won by an opponent's loss of time feel somewhat unjustified- or games lost by mere seconds seem all the more crushing. there is a skill to play chess by the clock- especially in bullet, but honestly, it feels more like playing for a glorified draw; as in not much genuine strategy is enveloped in the game's core, and the player isn't learning to play, but learning on how short you can go without playing.
I dunno; I just think I've won too many games I shouldn't have, and lost too many that were just shy of a pawn to be considered a draw of time vs. Insufficient material. - I would like time-wins to be genuine wins, sure; but have less of an increase in ELO points as it would be if one were to win by checkmate.
Just give me a month when I'm back to playing bullet games; and I'll take a 180 from this thesis.