Do lose more points by resigning or getting checkmated?
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tedward wrote:
Do lose more points by resigning or getting checkmated?
You lose the same amount of rating points no matter how you lose the game.
If you resign, are checkmated or take too long to move (I'm talking about Daily Chess) you lose points. How you lost doesn't matter; that you lost matters. And you'll lose even more points if you were higher-rated than your opponent.
Resignation = forfeit
I am a beginner and was leaving my castle move open for if I was in check. But I was not able to do that move when he put me in check and then I lost the game. Can you castle on check?
judahhudson wrote:
I am a beginner and was leaving my castle move open for if I was in check. But I was not able to do that move when he put me in check and then I lost the game. Can you castle on check?
no
In the recent OTB tournament I played in, the arbiter had to explain the correct procedure for offering a draw:
1. First play your move
2. Then offer the draw
3. Then press your clock.
You should not be offering a draw when it is your own turn to move. I can't remember how we did it in my only recent rapid OTB draw in the last year, in a game where we were going to be joint top in our category if the draw was agreed and my opponent was only 10. I offered the draw and he played on a couple of moves then offered it back.
The position was a rook and pawn endgame with an equal number of pawns and technically drawn. I guess we were both happy to share that prize. (Tiebreaks didn't affect the prize money. In the end leaderboard mine were better than his).
One rule of chess constantly brought up on a different chess-playing site is running out of time without sufficient checkmating material.
Usually a player has just a bishop or a knight and the opponent still has a pawn on the board. The game is awarded as a win because the one with the pawn could under-promote and help-mate.
As these games are typically played without any increment, it does occur quite frequently.
I think I have to agree with the last two commenters. My opponent was clearly gaming the system but it is a system that needs to be fixed ASAP. Additionally, I knew I was going to repeat the position a third time and offered draw prior but opponent declined. I have no doubt that my opponent was definitely gaming the system. I personally think that should be penalized or fixed to prevent gaming the system.