There are some restrictions on who can play titled players. For example, if your account is marked suspicious or is simply a new account.
However, I don't currently see any restrictions on your account. When did this happen to you?
Why is it that sometimes a live seek shows, but when I click on it it is refused?
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Jul 1, 2019
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A few days back but I don't recall which day exactly. Probably last Saturday early evening European time. It was 6 or 7 attempts in a row. After that I didn't observe it anymore. I don't try to play titled players. I choose seeks reasonably in my own (low) rating range.
Jul 1, 2019
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#4
Please let me know if it happens again and i will check to see what restriction is hitting you.
evert823 wrote:
OK less then a minute ago it happened with one seek.
Dont do unrestricted seek, +/- 200 or 300 rating is a good seek!!
Why would someone who cannot beat anyone who cannot beat a person 200 near their own rating want to even play a titled player? Also why block them if they both wish to play?
Rewrite: Why would someone who cannot beat a person within 200 rating points of his own rating want to play a titled player?
Sometimes I want to play live chess and clicking on a seek - always near my own rating or just a reasonably little bit higher - and then I am getting one of these messages - something like: "You cannot accept this seek at this moment."
Or sometimes more like: "You cannot accept seeks from titled or other protected players."
Now my question is this: if there are valid reasons - whatever the reasons are - that I am not supposed to accept that seek, then why is it visible to me?
It should be easy to make inaccessible seeks also invisible, so I won't be wasting my time clicking on them and getting these messages.