Well I have to disagree on this. To abandon a game to let the other player just hang on, to me is not acceptable.
Stevenj44 wrote:
Drawgood wrote:
There is nothing wrong or against the rules concerning stalling or abandoning games. A stressed opponent in a real world chess game could do the same. What matters is that this isn’t a trick they use to somehow win. It shows you are impatient. In fact some players who are losing may realize the opponent is frustrated because he thinks he is winning and his opponent isn’t resigning. They may use that to provoke a blunder from the winning player exactly for the reason you describe being frustrated.
You need to read the rules
HI to all....
I have been using chess.com for about 18 months now having come into playing chess late in life so still learning as I go along and I really like playing the 3 minute games... in fact I probably play these far too much during the day!
I am quite happy to lose and and learn and play to the bitter end even if I know I am going to lose.
However, one thing that really bugs me is when opponents stall or abandon games when they clearly losing. And it only happens when they are losing because it never happens when they are winning!
What I would like to know is what happens when players are reported each time? Is there some type of algorithm that picks the consistent offenders up?
Thanks
Andrew Peters UK
https://support.chess.com/article/627-sportsmanship-policy