Block Multiple Draw Requests?

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Scottov

Chess.com, it would be great if you could silence draw requests from some opponents mid game. I'm all for offering or accepting a draw when the game has gone stale but there are people who continue to ask for draws when they are clearly losing. It's pretty annoying. It would be nice to be able to silence that.

Vocaloid39

Just like in OTB chess, there is no way to prevent the opponent from offering a draw. However, you can report them for spam or poor sportsmanship if you keep declining the draw offer and they keep harassing you with them:

https://support.chess.com/article/209-how-do-i-report-someone

When I'm personally in this situation, I don't even waste time pressing the decline button - there is a microscopic chance I'll misclick and accept their draw offer. Whenever you make a move in the chess game, chess.com declines the draw offer automatically. Similarly, OTB chess draw offers are only live for that move and if someone moves, then the draw offer is no longer available.

ChessTitan249

You’re not the only one. I’ve got one player constantly offing me a draw in a dead lost position for my opponent. These people just cannot accept defeat.

Sharp_eagle2020

If a mere draw message gets you distracted maybe you should consider playing something else other than chess

tygxc

Over the board etiquette is that if you offer a draw and it is declined, that it is then up to your opponent to offer a draw when he has changed his mind.

11.5 It is forbidden to distract or annoy the opponent in any manner whatsoever. This includes unreasonable claims, unreasonable offers of a draw or the introduction of a source of noise into the playing area.

https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/E012023

nklristic

I don't know about the app, but on the website there is an option to do this. This is how it looks:

Thepasswordis1234

An arrogant response from a 1687 LOL