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Do you know about the rule that repeating any position at least three times is the basis for a draw? (All the pieces have to be in the exact same position and you have to claim it.)

For this type of draw, your opponent doesn't even have to agree. On chess.com, just click the draw button and the computer will figure out if the three time repetition has been reached and it will rule the game to be a draw.

(In a real tournament game, you need to be able to prove the repetition by showing it with your scoresheet.)

If it's only a game, then why do you care so much if your opponent forces a draw by perpetual check?

And, like most sports, it is also a game. 

To be honest I first thought 1Doc wrote about the opponent physically lifting the cue ball off the table and pocketing it.

So we can conclude... stop whining, play the game! 

Guess I'm a "dirty" pool player, because you can bet if I don't have a reasonable shot I make damned sure I don't leave my opponent with one. I call that SMART pool. Professional pool players do it all the time. It's part of the game.....

That is the ultimate in poor sportmanship if ever I saw one. Create a thread about it.

Great point. Nothing better than when your opponent "sets you up" with a gift. May not take much skill to capitalize, but counts just the same.

                      9 ball sharks heh ??          I'm in for $200.

I once knew a guy who could play pool very good.

                    Don't I know it. I lost a fortune in the Air Force.

                     I thought you forgot a comma there.   I was high, (comma) in the AF.

                     Everytime the commander came through our barracks, somebody would crank up The Grateful Dead's  "US Blues".  I was Security Police. The dope dogs busted us more than any other squadron.

BTW the word is lose not loose.

                      The closest I ever came was in a police station once. A Captain ask me for a cigarette. I said sure, pulled out a Marlboro for him, and a joint falls on the floor. I had to distract him quick, and step on it. I think I was still shaking an hr later.

Haha if you don't want it to happen then don't let it happen

                     We EARNED our bragging rights. Even Gerry Garcia got an Honorable from the Army.  Its like, giving it to the man.

1Doc wrote:

I think the rules should be changed, When your opponent keeps checking you so they won't loose is poor sportmenship.

How? I think YOU are the one who is showing poor sportsmanship.

                          I got one story I don't brag about. We were getting Sooo high one night. We were guarding these nuclear bunkers. An alarm goes off on bunker 43 or whatever. I drove a pickup truck right into the ditch. It flips over and lands on my hand. I did get busted for that one, but it was for the accident, not the smoke. I almost lost my finger. It scared the CRAP out of me. I wanted to play drums.

                   Oh you sober up REAL fast when even the doctor says, "this is gonna hurt".  I was wearing my high school ring. It took about 19 stiches to put my finger back on. I never wore any jewelry after that.