Deliberately letting the time run out in a game
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PadreSven
2 days ago
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#1
I’ve just had a game where I’d got my opponent in check and had guaranteed check mate in two, but rather than resigning or making the last moves my opponent ran down the clock deliberately. They were playing other opponents as well at the same time so it clearly wasn’t a mistake and they were doing it to another opponent who also was going to get mate in 2. The result was I got fewer points for the win as it wasn’t considered a “win” and I got no points for the league. How can this be right and where was the sportsmanship? I had to wait 24 hours for his time to run out
Probably poor sportsmanship but there's not much to be done about it, opponents can use all of their time or not and indeed can simply not move and lose on time. Regarding the rating points you gain the same as if you had won by checkmate, it makes no difference unless both players have not made 4 moves each.
2 days ago
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#3
PadreSven wrote:
I had to wait 24 hours for his time to run out
This was a daily event then. If you are worried about league points, play rapid or blitz. The strategy for daily is to play multiple games. Also, play people you know in daily, not strangers.
2 days ago
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#4
It was a daily event. I was more bothered about the lack of sportsmanship. I usually do play rapid but I was having an incredibly bad run so just wanted to get a bit more confidence back by playing a format which gives me more time to think. Oh well lesson learned.
2 days ago
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#5
PadreSven wrote:
It was a daily event. I was more bothered about the lack of sportsmanship. I usually do play rapid but I was having an incredibly bad run so just wanted to get a bit more confidence back by playing a format which gives me more time to think. Oh well lesson learned.
Your rating went from 563 to 617, which is 54 points. Not sure what you are upset about.
2 days ago
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#6
This is considered stalling/quitting, which is a bannable offense. Block and report.
2 days ago
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#7
Fr3nchToastCrunch wrote:
This is considered stalling/quitting, which is a bannable offense. Block and report.
In a daily? There are three types of daily, 24 hour/1 day, 3 day, and 7 day in the default settings. In addition vacation days can be used, which that alone doesn't make it a bannable offense.
If they played a 7 day per move game, yes you would have to wait 7 days for your opponent to move, and the same with 3 day per move games.
This game was only 24 hours/1 day. What makes this much more different than the other three scenarios is that you are most likely NOT in the same timezone. So, 24 hours might seem like more or less depending on where you live. What if you start the game at 3am on the weekend because you aren't busy and then as the game progresses you have to go to work/school/do errands, etc...?
It's no longer 24 hours, but less. This doesn't mean you should not be "punished". You are punished by virtue of losing rating points. If the person played 1-3 moves on multiple boards and then went into vacation mode, then that might indicate something fishy is going on. But even with that they could have an emergency and have to put chess on hold. So, they are allowed a vacation time and then it is evaluated.
I recommend 3 days at least for daily so you can cycle through 24 hours to take into account timezones.
2 days ago
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#8
SomeNonsensicalMoves wrote:
Fr3nchToastCrunch wrote:
This is considered stalling/quitting, which is a bannable offense. Block and report.
In a daily? There are three types of daily, 24 hour/1 day, 3 days, and 7 day in the default settings. In addition vacation days can be used, which that alone doesn't make it a bannable offense.
If they played a 7 day per move game, yes you would have to wait 7 days for your opponent to move, and the same with 3 day per move games.
This game was only 24 hours/1 day. What makes this much more different than the other three scenarios is that you are most likely NOT in the same timezone. So, 24 hours might seem like more or less depending on where you live. What if you start the game at 3am on the weekend because you aren't busy and then as the game progresses you have to go to work/school/do errands, etc...?
It's no longer 24 hours, but less. This doesn't mean you should not be "punished". You are punished by virtue of losing rating points. If the person played 1-3 moves on multiple boards and then went into vacation mode, then that might indicate something fishy is going on. But even that, they could have an emergency and have to put chess on hold. So, they are allowed a vacation time and then it is evaluated.
I recommend 3 days at least for daily so you can cycle through 24 hours to take into account timezones.
If I recall, abusing vacation time can also be considered stalling if it's done too much; especially if the opponent always "conveniently" goes on vacation whenever they're about to lose.
2 days ago
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#9
Fr3nchToastCrunch wrote:
If I recall, abusing vacation time can also be considered stalling if it's done too much; especially if the opponent always "conveniently" goes on vacation whenever they're about to lose.
Yes, but we are only talking about one game and I did mention multiple boards.
2 days ago
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#10
I am more than happy to take the win after 24 hours in a mate in 2. We can even rematch.
