I am sick and tired of losing by “abandonment”

Phones often suspend apps that are "in the background", so depending on the type of phone and OS, your phone may be the real culprit. If the phone tells chess.com it is not active, then how else can chess.com react?

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😄 That's what I thought this thread was about when I first saw it. I do get a bit irritable when people don't hit the resign button and instead just "leave" the game. I typically play 1 hour games though, so waiting for games to time-out when they're loosing is annoying. Not had anyone persistently run the clock right down just to make a move yet though, touch wood.

I do think it's unsportsmanlike for people to do it, especially if they're experienced enough to have 700+ ELO rating, but I just put it down to the nature of the beast really.

Ideally, chess.com would allow more than 30 - 60 seconds to reconnect as long as I have the time left on my clock. Checking email or tending to a text between moves is often a necessary part of life. This is totally normal behavior on a Mac or pc, but because iOS sleeps background apps after a few seconds, those using an iPhone or iPad are unfairly penalized. It’s unfortunate and could easily be fixed by allowing more time before registering an abandoned game. The jerks will leave their connection open anyway, so the quick trigger doesn’t actually punish bad actors.

Abandoning games should result in a warning for a first offence, followed by a one month suspension for repeat. Its pathetic, childish behaviour which should be punished accordingly.

My telco kept cutting out while the local repairs were done but I usually press resign. If the move takes too long does the game automatically resign us. In the end the telco stopped everything it served in the whole country for 2 days but not my chess as it was already repaired locally. Mercury retrograde as lulu would say.

The problem is the site doesn't let you know you have disconnected. You can scroll down to check the chat or something and scroll back up and their clock is still going, even if it's now your move. Scrolling, or even minimizing and maximizing the window, accidentally, causes immediate disconnect without your knowledge because the opponents clock is still going. The clock script code still runs offline. Anytime I scroll for any reason I refresh the page to make sure it is still connected and it really is still their move. That is what should be fixed. I also agree you should be able to reconnect at any point as long as you still have time on your clock.

That's yet another reason I never play 1 hour games online. First of all why anyone wants to spend a full hour+ on one chess game thats just for fun, is beyond me. The longest I've ever played is 10 minutes on each side, but I've only played 40 of those compared to over 6,000 blitz/bullet games. Relying on an internet connection to be stable for that long, and not being interrupted, having to suddenly do something..etc, it's amazing the site even has anything beyond 15 + 10 as a time control. The difference with daily is that you can log in whenever you want. But I can't imagine playing an actively timed game for that long, don't even play tournaments anymore because that was torture to sit there agonizing for 2+ hours on one freakin game. I think I only played a little over 100 tournament games in my entire life, stopped many years ago.

Well, most (say about 90% or so) of my own games don't last longer than fifteen minutes. The hour is for the entire game, not for one single move. I've only ever had one game run down to 0, and that was my opponent. The games that do are typically the challenging ones, where I do have to stop and think about what I'm doing., and they're the ones I normally truly enjoy (win or loose.)

I would argue that if you're being interrupted by things in your life or internet connection issues, that it would be your own fault. There are online multiplayer games out there that last the same amount of time, you gonna stop everyone else from playing simply cos you can't/wont? Chess is better for that in a sense, cos you can spend a few minutes AFK and your opponent probably won't know. You get 2 minutes 30 seconds on your move (in 1 hour games) to reconnect and do something in the event of a connection drop-out.

I don't enjoy playing blitz or bullet. The pressure to race and make a move asap come hell or high-water just feels ridiculous to me (unless you're an highly experienced classical player.) I'm not learning anything playing like that. I've won games that I've nearly lost cos I've had the opportunity to sit back and really think about my position, and I've become a slightly stronger chess-player because of it. Obviously, the same is true in reverse, I've lost games that I probably should've won cos opponents have slipped in somehow, and that helps train ones defenses. Playing bullet feels more like, "have a quick match, win or loose, onto the next one."

Abandoning games cannot be avoided. People sometimes may accidentally disconnect or run out of battery. It is the repeated abandoning that should be punished.

Of course people may have internet or battery issues. (Usually in a losing position, when a player with no ego problem would resign).

Thats why I suggested a "yellow card" for a first offence.

"likely just" ~ it's not up to you to decide how long a person should take to calculate and make their moves.

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If you leave the boatd, your opponent has no knowledge of how long it will be before or IF you will return. The onus is on you to assume you lost a game ypu just up and left (regardless of any reason or MOST common EXCUSE.)

If you make it back in time before the abandonment timer runs out, then play. If not, grow up and accept the loss.

Is that really so hard people?

You sound like a non-reader, who just wants to read things in her own way, and whose inability to comprehend English arises from a intelligence level so low that no level of parenting could have made up for.