What should I do if someone is a bad sport?

I was just asking what I should do. I wasn't complaining about it. And I have no clue what the game above is- mine is different, and it doesn't matter.

step1->wait for 50 moves

step2->claim draw.

step 3-> make him look like chess.com's joke of the year.

Unfortunately, people will have temper tantrums online that would have them disciplined or even expelled from any reputable national chess federation in the context of an OTB tournament.

Sadly, that is the nature of the Internet.

Gpod, just:

(1)  Weep for the species; and

(2)  Don't be a bad sport yourself ;)

Remember: the only person you can really control is yourself.  If someone else is being an ass, then that's their problem.  Let 'em rain on their own parades.

That is one of your games.  You know we can see them, right?  You are playing on with just a king in a 7 day per move game. 

It does matter.  The resign button is there for a reason.  Have some self respect and use it.

wether you want to resign is your decision.

I reccomend no .. just keep playing on.

You can play multiple games anyway and there is the chance that you get stalemated.

There is no reason you shouldn't

I only resign if I am down a major piece before endgame and that too only in online games because There is a higher chance I get mated before endgame and less possibility of stale mate.

Try to gain a stale mate or a draw by repetition of position.

>>>I have no clue what the game above is....

Then let me remind you - its your current game against WhoLetTheDogsOut; this one here :

http://www.chess.com/echess/game?id=69201440

Remember now? Here's a tissue to wipe that egg from your face.  :-)

BTW, your terminology is incorrect. It is you who are being unsporting, he (if you haven't also lied about his comments) is being offensive.

Decent players are always being would up by you bitter-enders who are just wasting everyone's time. You happen to have run into one who was so annoyed that he spat the dummy out and bit back in a similar way.

I hope I never have to play against you.

Have a think about why you play chess. Wouldn't it be better to simply resign your hopelessly lost games and start useful new ones? Your opponents will respect you for it instead of reacting and also dragging out the game ridiculously - just as you are doing.

I played a game against a much stronger opponent when I started here that had me beat without a doubt. I told him I like to play games to the end as I am still only learning chess. He ended up with five queens on the board and told me my time is better spent resigning and starting a new game. We have been friends here ever since I even managed to beat him in a rematch. Point is, just move on and start a new game and meet new players.

lol I have a totally different story. This guy came to the board (this is an U18 tournament, I am 11, he was 14). It was round 5 and he said "I have had 3 wins and 1 draw today, and I am going to smash you too" and so I just calmly said "I look forward to it"

Nek minet I four-move mate him

I wouldn't usually try it, but you know they suck when their first move as black against e4 is b6.

I'll clarify the situation here so we don't hijack someone else's thread who has asked for advice/help.

1/- The guy who was banned had done this at another tournament with the same result & was also causing problems at his own club.

2/- He was sitting next to me when he stood up & started yelling at his opponent. I had 5 moves to make in 2 minutes in a complex situation to reach the 60 minute time control (30 moves in 60 minutes) It was distracting to say the least not to mention beyond all bounds of Chess etiquette.

3/- I made the official complaint immediately after the game ended & I was backed up by the President of the other club who banned him. His opponent was too intimidated to make the complaint official. I'm not blaming my loss on him, we will never know if it had any effect on the outcome, all I know is it is difficult to concentrate when someone goes ballistic right next to you.

4/- I won't try to justify my Checkers comment in the car park, it was my decision to handle a physical confrontation the way I did. He was in my face before I got off the bike & I reacted on the spot to a potentially violent confrontation. I am comfortable with the outcome & this was in a carpark not a Chess Tournament venue, I think the fact that he threw a punch demonstrates what sort of person I was dealing with.

5/- As far as being a snitch goes I was the only person not intimidated by this guy so I made the complaint to prevent any further occurrence of this behavior. Once I made the complaint official the others stepped forward & backed me up.

I shared this experience purely to demonstrate how bad it can get when bad sportsmanship rears its ugly head, I had my way of dealing with it, other people may handle it differently, but the crux of the matter was that this guy was intimidating others to get away with his behavior & it needed to be stopped.

Gpod will have to make his own decision about how to handle his problem, our job is to help him decide that with advice & shared experience. I was 28 when my incident happened so I didn't need the help a younger person might. I guess if anything can be made from my experience it would be that if these people are allowed to get away with inappropriate behavior they will continue to do it until someone stands up to them. When that stand was finally made the problem went away.

I'll be honest, I also hate players that don't understand the concept of resigning.  Being down a pawn, or even down a piece with positional compensation, is one thing.  However, if you clearly know he has mate in 2, why waste time.  You are dead.

In correspondence, it's even worse.  You are outright dead because you are down say, Rook and 7 pawns vs Rook and 2 pawns, no passed pawn, no way to create a passed pawn, no attack on the king, NOTHING for your 5 pawn defecit.  What too many people do is they will stall on every move, figuring if they wait, your rating might go up in that time, and they might lose 13 points instead of 17 points.  People like this need to be shot!

Therefore, I don't blame him for not taking the mate in 2.  I have done this over the board myself.  Players don't understand the concept of resigning?  Well then I don't understand the concept of mating as quickly as possible.  I tortured a girl once over the board by taking my two unstoppable pawns on the g- and h-file, both King's on the Queenside, and rather than making them Queens on h1 and g1, I made them Bishops!  If you aren't going to resign lady, I'm going to torture you with a dragged out Double-Bishop mate!  I can play your game just as well!

There are new players that are learning and part of that learning is to learn when to resign and when to play through to the end. Bullies don't help the learning process and will drive people off which is no good for anyone. This is one reason I tell my daughter to have the chat off when playing - 1 - she doesn't need the distraction while learning and 2- since she is young she doesn't need some adult who has lost their manners (or never had them to begin with)  to go off on her. She accidently left chat on once and while she was trying to decide on a move the opponent told her to hurry up and move pfffffffffffft. There is no rule that says one has to resign so I support anyones choice to play a game through.

@42    you have some good points there and I'd support them. However, would you still advise her to carry on a 5-day-per-move and a 7-day-per-move (and others) when she is two Queens down? Why not resign them and start up worthwhile game in their places.

Stamina is a part of the game. Class is a part of life. If you cannot keep your cool until the catch is in the bag, you will lose out on a lot of great opportunities in life that require exemplary behavior until the last second and even long after...

Better to look in the mirror and block your agitation.

your point makes more sense now

1. My game against WhoLetTheDogs out is a ompletely different game than what I am talking about, in a team match against one of the rival schools in our state. We are having an interesting chat so I am choosing to play on.

2. I do believe that it is my decision whether to resign or not. If someone told you to resign, would you overly want to give them the satisfaction. He told me that he would keep on playing, making sure of the 50 move rule, then sacrificing his rook. If he wants to play like that, be my guest, I don't mind.

3. I can play as many games as I want, so I can just start a new game anyway.

4. I just started this to ask if there was any other options beside this, not to whine or complain or to start a discussion about ethics. I just wanted to find out what other ways to stop him from bothering me.

The game ended just two days after, and he did a whole bunch of conditional moves. It's over now.

You two are perfect match. One won't resign, the other won't checkmate. Tell us the result of the game next year.