I have an article on chess etiquette here
https://www.chess.com/blog/GM_Kenny_Ji/etiquette-in-a-chess-tournament
CHESS ETIQUETTE: Playing On In Ridiculous Positions, etc,
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GM_Kenny_Ji wrote:
I have an article on chess etiquette here
https://www.chess.com/blog/GM_Kenny_Ji/etiquette-in-a-chess-tournament
Overall that's pretty good advice. Number 13 of course is not good advice at all. Most people under 1600 have no idea what a losing position is, so how would they know if they should resign? If a 1200 thinks he should resign in what he considers a losing position he might as well resign at move 1.
Other than that, the others seem like mostly common sense etiquette.
There is always going to be a small number of people who cant accept not resigning. Some of those people get so excited, so agitated, so obsessed and infuriated they lash out in anger and disbelief. When they throw temper tantrums like that they lose their normal playing abilities. So they take a winning position and end up stalemating or even losing.
These same people are the ones who cannot accept other driers on the road wanting to get to their destination also. They completely lose their mind if someone does something they dont agree with.
SpiderUnicorn wrote:
JUST RESIGN FOR GOD'S SAKE. FOR PLAYERS LIKE ME (1700+) THE CHANCES OF GETTING STALEMATED BY SOME DUDE WITH EXTRA QUEEN IS LITERALLY LOWER THAN WINNING THE LOTTERY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT IS AN INSULT TO HUMAN INTELLIGENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT IS A WASTE OF BOTH YOUR TIME AND YOUR OPPONENT'S TIME IF YOU HOPE THAT YOUR OPPONENT'S AN IDIOT AND CAN'T CHECKMATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SENSIBLE PEOPLE RESIGN WHEN THEY ARE A MINOR PIECE DOWN WITH NO COMPENSATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT IS INSULTING TO YOUR GODDAMN OPPONENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TIME-WASTING, ARROGANT, EGOTISTICAL, RUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JUST RESIGN AND MAYBE WIN THE NEXT GAME IN YOUR GODDAMN TOURNAMENT OR SOMETHING.
lots of people have won the lottery tho ):
chill dude.
Another tip for chess etiquette, (I did this before and I regret it) if your opponent is low on time, don't promote to or something just so you lower stalemate risk and let your opponent time ou
NubbyChessking wrote:
chill dude.
Another tip for chess etiquette, (I did this before and I regret it) if your opponent is low on time, don't promote to a rook or something just so you lower stalemate risk and let your opponent time out
Nov 29, 2019
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NubbyChessking wrote:
chill dude.
Another tip for chess etiquette, (I did this before and I regret it) if your opponent is low on time, don't promote to or something just so you lower stalemate risk and let your opponent time ou
If you can afford to under promote, then your opponent deserves to run out of time instead of resigning.
well yeah i think you're right zenwabi
zenwabi
I don’t know, probably not ghost_of_pushwood
Yes, I agree, most likely only which tournament? marathon? lfPatriotGames
You never know when misclicks happen. Also, how is it disrespect if you don't resign? I genuinely wanna know.
In an OTB game, in a tournament my opponent had 3 queens. I didn't resign and managed to stalemate him. Stalemates happen dude
Oh I forgot, you can't waste time in a chess tournament. You gotta wait for everybody to be done to begin the next round if I am correct.
Dec 1, 2019
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NubbyChessking wrote:
In an OTB game, in a tournament my opponent had 3 queens. I didn't resign and managed to stalemate him. Stalemates happen dude
Yeah exactly! Oftentimes players do not play perfectly or even accurately in the endgame. Feeling entitled to your opponent's resignation is just lazy arrogance because the player who is "ahead" is assuming that they would continue to play perfectly, when they're probably just scared of screwing up.
Nice, insulting people that disagree with you. The reason I don't analyze is because I noticed when I mess up soon after, so no need to analyze. Pro tip, don't insult people who disagree with you.
Dec 2, 2019
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themsbian wrote:
NubbyChessking wrote:
In an OTB game, in a tournament my opponent had 3 queens. I didn't resign and managed to stalemate him. Stalemates happen dude
Yeah exactly! Oftentimes players do not play perfectly or even accurately in the endgame. Feeling entitled to your opponent's resignation is just lazy arrogance because the player who is "ahead" is assuming that they would continue to play perfectly, when they're probably just scared of screwing up.
One of the things I have observed in OTB tournaments with young children (mostly 10 years old or less) is a sort of sulky, pouty, finish to a game. They are clearly lost, and they know it, but for some reason not only will they not resign, they also will completely avoid making a move. In an extreme case, they can see that their opponent has a mate in 1, and they have 10 minutes on their clock, so they wait ten minutes before moving or resigning.
That's pretty bad behavior.....but these are 10 year olds, or less. When you play with children, sometimes you encounter childish behavior. As adults, we try to suggest better alternatives.
When playing with adults, you encounter different issues. Chess players can be quite eccentric, with interesting quirks or sometimes outright mental illness. It can be difficult to deal with, but you take it in stride as best you can.
I've heard it said that you might even encounter some of that just talking about chess in chess forums.
And my opponent is 1000+ compared to my 800
Meadmaker wrote:
themsbian wrote:
NubbyChessking wrote:
In an OTB game, in a tournament my opponent had 3 queens. I didn't resign and managed to stalemate him. Stalemates happen dude
Yeah exactly! Oftentimes players do not play perfectly or even accurately in the endgame. Feeling entitled to your opponent's resignation is just lazy arrogance because the player who is "ahead" is assuming that they would continue to play perfectly, when they're probably just scared of screwing up.
One of the things I have observed in OTB tournaments with young children (mostly 10 years old or less) is a sort of sulky, pouty, finish to a game. They are clearly lost, and they know it, but for some reason not only will they not resign, they also will completely avoid making a move. In an extreme case, they can see that their opponent has a mate in 1, and they have 10 minutes on their clock, so they wait ten minutes before moving or resigning.
That's pretty bad behavior.....but these are 10 year olds, or less. When you play with children, sometimes you encounter childish behavior. As adults, we try to suggest better alternatives.
When playing with adults, you encounter different issues. Chess players can be quite eccentric, with interesting quirks or sometimes outright mental illness. It can be difficult to deal with, but you take it in stride as best you can.
I've heard it said that you might even encounter some of that just talking about chess in chess forums.
Wait kids wait out the clock? Wow. Also, the reason I don't resign is the fact that I play at a school club, and got taught not to resign because you never know when somebody will blunder, and blunders happen. My OTB game is an example of this.
I didn't know adjusting pieces was only possible on your turn........ I also didn't know that only Black could set up the equipment.
There was this one player at my club who would literally adjust almost every other move. The knights HAD to be 45° facing the center.