Is E4 intimidating or just boring?
Why Do People Resign After First Move?
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It might just be that they accept the challenge and then realize that they can’t play for whatever reason.
your recent games didn't ended like that but they might got abandoned after first move ?
Jun 11, 2020
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shivam2627 wrote:
your recent games didn't ended like that but they might got abandoned after first move ?
Yeah, many were abandoned right after I made the first move E4 as white.
Jun 11, 2020
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nonowahoo wrote:
It might just be that they accept the challenge and then realize that they can’t play for whatever reason.
Happens too often to be that....sometimes twice in a row with different people.
Jun 11, 2020
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happens a lot with 1. g4
i try to rematch and then they decline. i doubt from a restroom break.
Jun 11, 2020
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#9
Could be lots of reasons.
They impulsively clicked new game then realized they need to quit.
Looked at your rating and wanted someone higher or lower
Looked at your profile and saw something fishy, like that 22 game win streak
They wanted to practice their strategy as black
etc etc
Jun 11, 2020
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forked_again wrote:
Could be lots of reasons.
They impulsively clicked new game then realized they need to quit.
Looked at your rating and wanted someone higher or lower
Looked at your profile and saw something fishy, like that 22 game win streak
They wanted to practice their strategy as black
etc etc
I think it is because they don't like the opening or don't know how to play it. As a chess player you are supposed to try to know as many openings as possible though.
hoodoothere wrote:
Why ask a question if you're going to answer it yourself?
forked_again wrote:
Could be lots of reasons.
They impulsively clicked new game then realized they need to quit.
Looked at your rating and wanted someone higher or lower
Looked at your profile and saw something fishy, like that 22 game win streak
They wanted to practice their strategy as black
etc etc
I think it is because they don't like the opening or don't know how to play it. As a chess player you are supposed to try to know as many openings as possible though.
Jun 11, 2020
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JustARandomPatzer wrote:
hoodoothere wrote:
Why ask a question if you're going to answer it yourself?
forked_again wrote:
Could be lots of reasons.
They impulsively clicked new game then realized they need to quit.
Looked at your rating and wanted someone higher or lower
Looked at your profile and saw something fishy, like that 22 game win streak
They wanted to practice their strategy as black
etc etc
I think it is because they don't like the opening or don't know how to play it. As a chess player you are supposed to try to know as many openings as possible though.
To get other opinions?
Jun 11, 2020
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hoodoothere wrote:
forked_again wrote:
Could be lots of reasons.
They impulsively clicked new game then realized they need to quit.
Looked at your rating and wanted someone higher or lower
Looked at your profile and saw something fishy, like that 22 game win streak
They wanted to practice their strategy as black
etc etc
I think it is because they don't like the opening or don't know how to play it. As a chess player you are supposed to try to know as many openings as possible though.
That is a possibility but 1.e4 is probably the first move in more than 80 percent of the games I play as black. So a plan to abandon would mean a lot of abandoning. Maybe enough to get you banned.
But sometimes it is probably true that a person wants to practice against 1. d4 and will abandon if he doesn't get that.
e4 is aggressive opening. it scares them when you show signs of manly talent!!! bet you if play a4 more often no one would ever abandon against you again! or the Amar opening! 😂 that one won't scare them away ether!!!
4gotten_legend wrote:
etc = end of thinking capacity
Nope.
Abhinav0121 wrote:
4gotten_legend wrote:
etc = end of thinking capacity
Nope.
True, that is not correct. used at the end of a list to indicate that further, similar items are included. (copied and pasted from google search)
Yep. Etc is short for Etcetera basically meaning "and so on"
You can abort but I don't know if you can resign after one move.
Sometimes I do that too. Like I start a game and resign it after they move.
1) You played a lot of chess that day and you realized how tired you are and you don't want to play another game.
2) You found a certain opening you wanted to try out, but, for example, you need the white pieces and keep on getting black pieces when you start a game.
3) Just when you start a game you have to go somewhere or do something.
4) Your opponent is a really high or low rated player.
Jun 14, 2020
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Heritageoviya wrote:
Sometimes I do that too. Like I start a game and resign it after they move.
1) You played a lot of chess that day and you realized how tired you are and you don't want to play another game.
2) You found a certain opening you wanted to try out, but, for example, you need the white pieces and keep on getting black pieces when you start a game.
3) Just when you start a game you have to go somewhere or do something.
4) Your opponent is a really high or low rated player.
I think everyone does it once in while, but there must be lots who abuse it because it happens to me like every third game. Also, if you don't want to play someone too much higher or lower rated than yourself, there are custom settings for that.....just set to + or - 100 say.
Noticed that a lot of people on this site resign if you have white and make the first move E4. Wonder why?