Is This Unsportsmanlike Behavior?

Hey guys,

I'm really enjoying chess.com's online tournaments, but in one of today's bullet tournaments in the 2|1 time control, there were a couple of games (see attached links below) which progressed to the point where I believe my opponent had only two choices: to resign, or to drag things out with the possibility of me stalemating them. If I recall correctly, I remember reading an article which said that Hikaru Nakamura called this behavior "disrespectful" and generally unsportsmanlike.

I'm new to tournaments, so I was just wondering if this is behavior is frowned upon in tournaments, or if it is accepted and wanted to hear your guys' opinion on the matter.

Thanks!

www.chess.com/game/live/68950044205

www.chess.com/game/live/68951106617

Note: You probably noticed in the second game that it was a draw by insufficient material, but if you go back in the list of moves you'll see that at one point I had a queen and a rook as opposed to his single king. With sometimes less than a few seconds (or less than a second) on my clock, I was making fast moves and thus blundered my queen. But I think this behavior falls into the same category, because at one point it was clear that I was in the much more favorable position, and my opponent was just counting on me blundering in the time scramble to get a stalemate.

To me , this looks like a fairly challenging time scramble in a bullet game.

So it would be completely legitimate to try to flag you 

Awoooga!

@justbefair Ok, and thank you very much for your response!

yeah

Thank you for this very useful response

It depends. If you have 5 minutes on your clock or you have multiple mates in 1, then it's disrespectful, but if you have like 9 seconds on your clock then it's fair to try and go for the draw.

It's only unsportsmanship if the person speaking to you is not a sigma gigachad alpha.

Ok, thanks for your response, @deadmemer1.

@soybeanmaster96, thank you for your response.

The point of sportsmanship is to resign when you know your opponent is going to beat you, not to resign when you know your opponent doesn't have enough time to beat you.

No, no, no, the essence of fast chess is to use up your opponent's time, not to give up. If you can't accept it, play medium-speed chess.

That's what I said.

I read that wrong too lol they worded it weird

I refuse to believe that playing any, "sport" by the rules has no other contingencies. In the absence of cheating once you learn the rules

if the opponent has nine seconds and is up a Queen and 2 pawns vs a lone king, and you play it out, Its not considered unsportsmanlike because your opponent may not execute the checkmate well and may draw on time. if the opponent had ninety seconds though, It wouldnt be right to play on since the opponent would almost certainly checkmate.

You are not beat until you are beat and there are three players in any chess game -- you, me, and the clock. If you can't finish a game, then you need to work on end games.

If you don't want a chess world where the clock is another player, find a community of like minded chess players and go old school. "The Queen's Gambit" will educate you.