My game abandoned after i didnt make a move for 1m and 30 seconds.

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Avatar of azsanouhana

I was currently thinking for my move after he played Qb6. Since i am not familiar with this line, i didnt realize i was thinking for 1m and 30 s already.

Then my game suddenly says game abandoned, no warnings, my game ended. I didnt swich to another tab nor closed the site, it was the active tab. My signal is also consistent 3-2 bar when i was playing, it never became 1 bar.

Is this normal in blitz, Im pretty sure u can think for more than 1 m and 30 s in rapid but now im not sure if it applies to blitz

link to the game: https://www.chess.com/game/live/144461559274

Avatar of EnCrossiantIsBrilliant

It must have been a network issue. You are allowed to think for as long as you want. Sometimes, when I'm playing and my wifi randomly disconnects it will take a bit before it says I disconnected.

Avatar of azsanouhana

I don't think that is the case here. I would know if my internet disconnected or if it became slow since there is an indicator near the rating, i didn't saw it turn red

Avatar of EnCrossiantIsBrilliant

The only other thing I can think of the game being abandoned is if you were banned in the middle of it, which, obviously, you were not. Like I said, sometimes it takes a long time for chess.com to say you've disconnected. I've lost a few games because of that.

Avatar of Martin_Stahl

You can't use more than half the base time control on moves 2-10. After that you can use as much time as you have available.

https://support.chess.com/en/articles/8593801-how-does-game-abandonment-work

Avatar of azsanouhana

that's new to me but feels unfair since im not stalling, im just trying to think for the best move

Avatar of Drewjz
Yeah but most players even beginners usually have enough knowledge to make 10 moves in the opening
Avatar of azsanouhana

i thought my opening was interesting but its a new line to me so i don't know the follow up so i ended up like that

Avatar of Just_an_average_player136

I think chess.com should make it clearer about that

Avatar of magipi
ykkura wrote:

i thought my opening was interesting but its a new line to me so i don't know the follow up so i ended up like that

Thinking for 1:30 in a 3-minute blitz game is a horrible idea no matter what. You obviously don't have time to reinvent the whole opening theory. Just play a move.