Sand bagging

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GeorgeWyhv14

Is sand bagging ethical or not. I have two recent game where my opponent lose on purpose.

I think it is a bait at the end.

These two recent games played are not real wins but sand bagging cases where they lose on purpose.

Does anyone has a solution to this sand bagging problem. 

baddogno

Try reporting them.  It's considered cheating here and membership can be suspended or terminated.

baddogno

https://support.chess.com/article/208-what-is-a-sandbagger

GeorgeWyhv14

yes, i already reported maybe blocked them(can't remember all of them though)

Paul1e4

How do you know your opponent lost on purpose? Maybe he was just inept.

mvl
Paul_in_NJ wrote:

How do you know your opponent lost on purpose? Maybe he was just inept.

I see it all the time. Tournaments being won by players with  an extremely low rating, 600 - 700. Then when you look their game history you will see they lowered their rating pre-tournament by resigning a bunch of games after one or two moves.

Paul1e4
mvl wrote:
Paul_in_NJ wrote:

How do you know your opponent lost on purpose? Maybe he was just inept.

I see it all the time. Tournaments being won by players with  an extremely low rating, 600 - 700. Then when you look their game history you will see they lowered their rating pre-tournament by resigning a bunch of games after one or two moves.

OK. I've lost games in fewer than 10 moves, but that's due to incompetence, not sandbagging.

 

mvl
Paul_in_NJ wrote:
mvl wrote:
Paul_in_NJ wrote:

How do you know your opponent lost on purpose? Maybe he was just inept.

I see it all the time. Tournaments being won by players with  an extremely low rating, 600 - 700. Then when you look their game history you will see they lowered their rating pre-tournament by resigning a bunch of games after one or two moves.

OK. I've lost games in fewer than 10 moves, but that's due to incompetence, not sandbagging.

 

I am not referring to losing a game in a few moves because of incompetence or, but to losing 15 games in a row after just one or two moves. I have noticed (and reported) multiple players last week who had game histories just like that, losing  long streaks of games after just a single move, followed by winning tournaments with a perfect score (presumably because low rated players get matched with other low-rated players).

Milenk1120

I've been accused of sandbagging, but I'm innocent. How do you counter these allegations?

Martin_Stahl
Milenk1120 wrote:

I've been accused of sandbagging, but I'm innocent. How do you counter these allegations?

If it's an automated message it's likely due to your recent rating drop in rapid.

Milenk1120
Martin_Stahl hat geschrieben:
Milenk1120 wrote:

I've been accused of sandbagging, but I'm innocent. How do you counter these allegations?

If it's an automated message it's likely due to your recent rating drop in rapid.

How do you counteract this?