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mrhjornevik
Jun 24, 2014
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#21

and how do you think the rules will change if nobody is complaing about them?

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I_Am_Second
Jun 24, 2014
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kaynight wrote:
O.K. Here is one for all you experts: Tonight our team's success hinged on one game. Both players had a King and a Rook versus a King and a Rook. Our player had 20 minutes on the clock, his opponent had 10 seconds. The player with 10 seconds on the clock offered a draw, which was accepted. I think it was ridiculous to accept a draw, others thought it was sportsmanship.Chess being a game ....... Over to you lot.

I applaud the sportsmanship! 

At the National Open in Vegas this year, I was up the exchange with a passed pawn against a player rated 195 points higher than me.  I offered him a draw, which obviously he accpeted.  We were walking to record the score, and he asks me why i offered him a draw in a won position?  I told him it was my fathers day gift to you. 
Why you may ask?
We both ended with a plus score...we each got a gift certificate...and he got to keep the board, and pieces. 

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yedddy
Jun 24, 2014
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#23

back in the day chess.net was the sh*t!! they had a detection system that told you when the opponent was switching applications a lot(like using an engine). it also had a button you could push to confirm your opponent was still participating in the game by sending a prompt to his screen which, if it wasn't answered in a certain amount of time would cause him to forfeit the game. they also had all kinds of other options that kept the riff raff away. don't know what happend to that site but it was far superior in a lot of ways.

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thecentipede
Jun 24, 2014
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#24

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Pulpofeira
Jun 24, 2014
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kaynight escribiĂł:
O.K. Here is one for all you experts: Tonight our team's success hinged on one game. Both players had a King and a Rook versus a King and a Rook. Our player had 20 minutes on the clock, his opponent had 10 seconds. The player with 10 seconds on the clock offered a draw, which was accepted. I think it was ridiculous to accept a draw, others thought it was sportsmanship.Chess being a game ....... Over to you lot.

I think you never should do that in a team match.

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kleelof
Jun 25, 2014
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kaynight wrote:
O.K. Here is one for all you experts: Tonight our team's success hinged on one game. Both players had a King and a Rook versus a King and a Rook. Our player had 20 minutes on the clock, his opponent had 10 seconds. The player with 10 seconds on the clock offered a draw, which was accepted. I think it was ridiculous to accept a draw, others thought it was sportsmanship.Chess being a game ....... Over to you lot.

I suppose if chess is not a sport, then sportsmanship would be pointless.

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mrhjornevik
Jun 25, 2014
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kleelof wrote:
kaynight wrote:
O.K. Here is one for all you experts: Tonight our team's success hinged on one game. Both players had a King and a Rook versus a King and a Rook. Our player had 20 minutes on the clock, his opponent had 10 seconds. The player with 10 seconds on the clock offered a draw, which was accepted. I think it was ridiculous to accept a draw, others thought it was sportsmanship.Chess being a game ....... Over to you lot.

I suppose if chess is not a sport, then sportsmanship would be pointless.

"you sir, get a like" :D

 

kay: I think it is only stupid not to play on your advantages. If you are winning a football game you dont put on an extra striker and if you are winning a chess game you dont accept a draw.

In the ten seconds left situation I would throw out the first and best move I found only to see them battle the clock. I dont have anythiong agains winning on time. It does not bother me to sit and wait while my oponent is clearly thinking and or calculating his next moves. My problem is when someone rage quits and go off to do someting else while I have to sitt back and wait for the clock to run down.

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mrhjornevik
Jun 25, 2014
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Her is a endgame I played not so long ago, I guess the position was so hard he had to think for five minutes, even if he had an avrage move speed of thirty seconds up till then

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I_Am_Second
Jun 25, 2014
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mrhjornevik wrote:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Her is a endgame I played not so long ago, I guess the position was so hard he had to think for five minutes, even if he had an avrage move speed of thirty seconds up till then

Did you win?

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mrhjornevik
Jul 13, 2014
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I_Am_Second wrote:
mrhjornevik wrote:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Her is a endgame I played not so long ago, I guess the position was so hard he had to think for five minutes, even if he had an avrage move speed of thirty seconds up till then

Did you win?

sure after five minutes of waiting

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varelse1
Jul 13, 2014
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#31

That's why I don't play games that long.

Or if I do, I use heavy increment. So my opponent will get more time, as long as he keeps moving.

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mrhjornevik
Jul 13, 2014
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#32

is it posible to play something like one minute each move?

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05jogrady
Jul 14, 2014
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#33
Guderian11 wrote:

First of all, let me say that Chess is more than a game. In my opinion, it's a game at the lower levels, a sport at the intermediate levels, and it's Art at the highest levels.

I run into this kind of thing in online chess a lot, where players with a losing position just drag it out as long as possible, to avoid the inevitable defeat, or worse, they go on "vacation."

But I have the solution to that, it's real simple, just study your endgames, combinations, and openings. I mean, who really cares if they take so long? They're just playing chess by numbers, hoping that if you win, your rating rises while they lose very little when defeat does actually come. "Chess by Numbers" is pretty sad, a player like that poses no threat to anybody. All the good players accept defeat, move onto the next game and hopefully do not repeat their mistakes in the games that they lose.

In fact, to tell you the truth, I also make a sandwich during my studies! And my sandwiches are awesome! We're talking turkey, white bread, salami, cheese, lettuce, oil and vinegar, mayo and a coke to slide it all down, while I study my game to improve.

Don't be upset if someone takes so long in a losing position, afterall, their fragile egos can't accept defeat. And it's you that will improve in the long run. So what if they like staring at losing positions for longer than necessary? I got some clown now on "Vacation", (LOL), but it doesn't matter, for when he returns to the board, he'll still be losing the game.

Wow thats actually some good advice. To be honest when this happens to me now and it still does. I find myself going back through every move of the game and picking out my mistakes. So really i am using this time as an oppertunity to improve and that means that i dont hve to go back and study the game later as i useually do. So thank you all those people that cannot accept loosing 4 to 8 points playing me lol.