You are playing a strong master and this is the position after a few moves:
Would you accept draw. ..??
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Black offers a draw without making a move?
Jun 16, 2015
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#44
seems white have the edge after o-o as black have some problem finishing development. For example be7 re1. might have to resort to f6 etc. but if you are 1600, i say take the draw and run.never mind, black to move, draw
Yes, Black offers a draw without making a move, would it make a difference in this position if he made a move before offering a draw?
mcmodern wrote:
seems white have the edge after o-o as black have some problem finishing development. For example be7 re1. might have to resort to f6 etc. but if you are 1600, i say take the draw and run.never mind, black to move, draw
It is Black's move.
Pulpofeira wrote:
+1
To avoid mouse slips, move rooks along diagonals and bishops along files and ranks. For queens, try a L-shape. Mouse slips whit knights are rare, unless you are Kasparov.
ponz111 wrote:
Yes!
You are playing a strong master and this is the position after a few moves:
When to take a draw? Look at Carlsen -Nakamura today. Magnus kept headbanging the wall for a long time, and didnt accept a draw before there was absolutely no chance left.
Charming_Amelia wrote:
Yeah. Actually most of the chess players are more concerned about their rating rather than fair play.
At the end its just a number. Does it really matters 1800 or 2800?
Yes, it does. That's like saying your bank account is "just a number." It's there for a reason; it wasn't drawn out of a hat. Let a 2800 play a 50-game match against an 1800, and the 50-0-0 score will tell you that it's not "just a number."
No, your opponents should not accept a draw when they can win, though they can if they want to. Pretty simple concept. It's not like the results of online blitz games really mean anything - the purpose of them is to provide training for serious tournament games.
Jun 22, 2015
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#51
Charming_Amelia wrote:
Hello,
I played live chess games today in which I lost two games because my mouse was not working properly. I wanted to something else. Do you guys think in such genuine cases opponent should agree to draw.
I had the exact same thing happen in this game:
The mistake was obvious.. I don't know if it was a mouse malfunction or not - it happenned so fast, and my queen was left clearly where I didn't mean to put it. I messaged my opponent explaining and appologizing for what happened and he offered a draw & rematch. Nice guy! I'd do the same on an online or a long live game. You put so much thought into the game - I'd rather lose fairly than win one like that - but I guess serious OTB players may not think that way, hence the "touch rule", etc... But if it was blitz I'd accept the outcome without a thought.
Much of this is a little silly. There are many cases where we do not know if the opponent made a bad move due to a slip or a mouse malfunction or not?
Or maybe our opponent was moving too fast to make the time control? Or maybe our opponent just overlooked he was putting his queen where it could be taken?
The solution is simple, do not take the draw. If you opponent thinks this is "unfair" just tell him that you have the rule for all games that you will not accept draws in this situation. AND you also accept reponsibility for your own mistakes. You never ask for a draw in a completely losing position.
Now this is "fair' and you do not have to go through mind games when your opponent makes a bad move and then asks for a draw.
Kind of agree with ponz as long it is not a 90|30 game and it happends like in Chesskid tournament where he dropped the queen 1 square away from where it should be. But, maybe even then it is fair not to let him take draw or takeback.
If my opponent was a friend, significant other, much higher rated, or I didn't know what to do and the position was difficult (for me) I'd let them have the draw... otherwise they can eat their fail. 
P.S. I occasionally make mouse slips myself... and it's totally my responsibility to reduce/eliminate this behaviour.
Well, sometimes my mouse disconnects and the piece just drops over the square it was not intented to go to.. Happends a lot on tactics trainer as I am usually pretty quick to move in live chess.
Mice do not have lips. Monkeys do.
Draw as takeback? Take it back.
Aug 24, 2015
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#58
I don't understand why most chess players hate draws. Not everything in life/chess can be a win/lose situation. If you hate draws, maybe you should have got into tennis since there are no draws in that game.
What's really annoying is that these chess players don't mind offering/accepting a draw when they're in worse/lost positions. Ha, it's so hypocriticial and laughable.
No.
It sort of depends on some other things for me to accept the draw....
For instance there was one opponent that I have played a multiple times over the course of a few months or whatever. At one point he made a move that let me win a piece, he typed "slip" and offered a draw. I accepted then.
But the next time I was paired against him and played, a similiar thing happened, and he typed the same thing....I did not accept this time...in fact, everytime I played this guy, whenever I won material, in anyway, he typed the same thing "mouseslip"....
Now, I am a bit more suspicious about accepting draw offers after mouseslips....I also know that if and when I make mouseslips myself, I just have to either play on or resign.