This is why I almost exclusively play live chess. The whole game can be played in one sitting which IMO is how chess is supposed to be played.
C'mon, that depends on work, family, circumstance. Longer games allow for real life.
I actually think that the longest game of corrospondance chess lasted for something like 20 years. A 3 day wait between moves isnt that bad when you think about it.
I won't burst your bubble, Marcosite...but I don't think anyone's gonna stop this guy here
When I referred earlier to the opponent being a cad, a scoundrel, etc., I was referring primarily to two types of players (the second being by far worse than the first):
1) The player who waits 3 days to make every move--including something like e5 in response to e4. That's just unnecessary.
2) The far more evil player who plays at a reasonable clip throughout the game, even 2 or 3 moves per day, and then slows down to the full 3 days per move when he is about to get checkmated. And if it's something like rook and king against a lone king, the checkmate could take upwards of a month. This last is the player who should be blocked for eternity.
Players who take 3 days per move throughout most of the middlegame are just being cautious, analytical, and reflective. Stop griping about them.
look, your going to win some day, just wait it out. I had an opponent in OTB chess match, who, with nothing but a king (against my many queens) spending 5 to 10 min a move. You just have to wait it out and... WIN be happy. lol
I have a guy right now taking a very long time to resign his losing game. So I am going to clean him out, trap him with only 4 squares to move with and promote every pawn I have to Knights and toy with him a bit.
There are a million ways to skin a cat, some are funner than others.
pawn move or capture is correct.
Done it a few times before out of spite Kay. Thats the fun part, they always battle for the non existent stalemate.
Aliscam, you've got to claim the draw.
I'm amazed how upset people are getting about something so insignificant. It's really not a big deal. Who's ACTUALLY winning if your opponent is taking 3 days per move and you're shortening your life by getting stressed and enraged about a delayed bump in your insignificant and unofficial internet chess rating?
Silliness.
What happens when your opponent dies and is unable to finish the game (say, 3 months into a long game)?
??
eventually they lose on time. Since they are dead, they will have a hard time logging on th make a move.
its just bad chess eddicut , and its not , it is what it is it cant be unless you , your actions , make it such proving that it is what your dunb ass makes it !!!!
its just bad chess eddicut , and its not , it is what it is it cant be unless you , your actions , make it such proving that it is what your dunb ass makes it !!!!
I think you've been hitting the crackpipe a little bit too much today.
I recommend setting the conditional moves. In this way you don't have to be bothered by it. One day you show up to play with a pleasant surprise. If you feel they are being spiteful of pridefully arrogant over his rating and never wish to interact again, block them when the game is over.
If someone does that here on chess.com, I don't really care. I can go do something else, and win on time a month from now. 
However, OTB its a different story... Like when my opponent blundered a piece against me in a tournament. He had over an hour still on his clock, and he just walked away from the board. Never came back. He never took the time to resign either. Just made me sit there for an hour until his clock ran out. 
That is clear bad sportsmanship and disrespectful, but on here I couldn't care less if my opponent uses vacation time.
Yes, that's a different story, and spiteful behavior like that should be handled by the TD.
What happens when your opponent dies and is unable to finish the game (say, 3 months into a long game)?
On ICCF, it depends on if the TD is notified of the death and has the games adjudicated before time runs out.
Sounds like a tremendous waste of time. I have never met a dead person worried about the results of their chess game.
What happens when your opponent dies and is unable to finish the game (say, 3 months into a long game)?
??
eventually they lose on time. Since they are dead, they will have a hard time logging on th make a move.
yes... me, I'd be a lot more worried if they were still making moves 
This is why I almost exclusively play live chess. The whole game can be played in one sitting which IMO is how chess is supposed to be played.