Losing on time in Blitz - Chess Forums - Page 3

TheCalculatorKid

Sep 17, 2019

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#41

SoFiredUpRightNow wrote:

queenkarub wrote:

I think it's stupid to win a game of chess b/c you're seconds faster. It's a game of strategy and thought, it's one thing to take more time than is reasonable but seconds more or less to determine a game regardless of who's actually ahead? Crazy! Not chess, a mess.

you're completely right! it's easy for the "loser" that has a way more disadvantaged position to simply move super quick to avoid mate to save time as opposed to the opponent with the better position having to find the best move to mate. Good moves take time and especially more than just .3sec. So many followers tend to believe that blitz doesn't have it's flaws and it's just a part of the game. that's their own problem.

Maybe if the "loser" took as much time as the "winner" they wouldn't be in a losing position.

You can't disregard the clock and moan when it costs you.

TheCalculatorKid

Sep 17, 2019

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#42

AnyGambitWillDo wrote:

SonOfThunder2 schreef:

Winning is the best part of playing a sport. When you lose, you just shake it off and move on to the next one. If you are playing within the rules, and win, what is the problem?

Winning is not the best part of playing a sport. Playing in a sport is in itself the best part. Why bother otherwise? Some value winning more than others, but we all do it for the joy of the game itself. It is possible to ruining the spirit game while playing within the rules. Like moving erratically while a dozen behinds in points is just not playing chess any longer. That is what is being debated. You may disagree, but it would be nice to learn what reasons you have. In my view you should play chess. With the clock running this may include unexpected moves and so on. Once clearly lost it shows true sportsmanship to resign.

Agreeing to play a game with certain time controls, and then moaning when you fail to win within those time controls is the very definition of poor sportsmanship.

Gani2377

Sep 23, 2019

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#43

Some times computer determine it as draw if you have sufficient material with you

ainemesis

Oct 8, 2019

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#44

Sadly, on Chess.com 1-min games are no longer reliable due to faulty time calculation. I use a 15MBPS connection. I get to watch 1080p HD and 4K ultra video clips without any lag. I think that is enough speed for no lag in Chess.com. Yet so, in most games, I don't even get to play for even 30 seconds, and my opponent plays for like 2 min. Don't believe it? I have posted some videos here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMEjYMNVpyE

Chef-KOdAwAri

Oct 9, 2019

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#45

Sadly, on Chess.com 1-min games are no longer reliable due to faulty time calculation. I use a 15MBPS connection. I get to watch 1080p HD and 4K ultra video clips without any lag. I think that is enough speed for no lag in Chess.com. Yet so, in most games, I don't even get to play for even 30 seconds, and my opponent plays for like 2 min. Don't believe it? I have posted some videos here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMEjYMNVpyE

This has been addressed SO many times....and literally there’s tens of thousands of lightening games played daily with absolute no issues whatsoever.
Connection speed totally irrelevant on chess.com. If you’re lagging, it’s due to your outdated hardware, background processes, outdated browsers, viruses/bloatware, cpu, etc...
I play bullet with a LTE connection on a 4 year old phone while I’m on a bus and have zero issues.

astonvilla

Nov 16, 2021

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#46

TheCalculatorKid wrote:

Maybe if the "loser" took as much time as the "winner" they wouldn't be in a losing position.

You can't disregard the clock and moan when it costs you.

A good point for advocating the "losers". It's hard to say, but I think in most cases that's not so.

astonvilla

Nov 16, 2021

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#47

lunatixcoder wrote:

I think this article sums up how I feel exactly....

https://www.chess.com/article/view/when-should-one-resign

Im not saying people should not resign, but when there is a chance that your opponent could make a mistake and you can convert that into a stronger position, that is perfectly fair.

The article I posted a link to explains (from a masters point of view) what "dead lost" means and when you should resign your position.

To resign is a cardinal decision. It would be hard to "implement". People hardly resign. Another reason is points they would lose especially when playing against lower rated opponent. In my opinion, a draw by agreement could be a compromise. And yes, sometimes it's "winners" who should offer a draw. From my experience, this has almost never happened too.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not talking about significant time difference, but rather about few seconds, when "losers" even have no idea where to move not speaking about how to win.

tygxc

Nov 16, 2021

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#48

Just play with increment. You can win a won position. You can draw a drawn position. All FIDE competitions are with increment. Blitz world championship is 3|2. Classical World Championship tie-breakers are 25|10 and then 5|3.

EthanAstro

Nov 17, 2021

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#49

in blitz time is a resource that you have to play for. If your superior position/material comes at the cost of you having less time than your opponent then you have to accept that that's the trade you've made.

If you're really actually winning in both position and material and you're equal on time then it should be easier for you to play for time than your opponent as you can quickly deliver checks in little to no time which take your opponent usually at-least a second to get out of.

If you don't like the idea of time being a determining factor in your games then you can switch to game modes with clock delay. In those games you have a set amount of time to make each move before the real clock starts ticking, ensuring you still have a reasonable amount of time to think for each move, even during the endgame.