Those who would play me on RHP....do not give me the chance to crush a skull. I will do it, every time, without hesitation or mercy. I'll probably have a huge smile on my face as the bones crack.
Interesting how the other guy has only lost 3 games via timeout, but has claimed 16 skulls himself. He apparently has no qualms when it's the other guy's skull. What a hypocrite.
Originally posted by Paul Leggett Interesting how the other guy has only lost 3 games via timeout, but has claimed 16 skulls himself. He apparently has no qualms when it's the other guy's skull. What a hypocrite.
It's sore-loser-ship, which is common to all chess sites. What is not common on other chess sites is people suggesting you should not enforce a time control.
I would say that more than half the time I win by timeout here, I get a whiny message about it the next day.
Originally posted by SwissGambit Those who would play me on RHP....do not give me the chance to crush a skull. I will do it, every time, without hesitation or mercy. I'll probably have a huge smile on my face as the bones crack.
And messages and pansy behavior like this...
http://oi43.tinypic.com/nw105k.jpg
...only serves to entertain me.
So he basically ignored you because you played by the rules?
Out of curiosity, what is the etiquette for playing a game, say in blitz that is clearly positionally lost or materially lost but you can win on a time control? Is that considered fair still, or kinda frowned on?
Originally posted by iChess87 So he basically ignored you because you played by the rules?
Out of curiosity, what is the etiquette for playing a game, say in blitz that is clearly positionally lost or materially lost but you can win on a time control? Is that considered fair still, or kinda frowned on?
It's fair. If the player with the advantage on the board has not left themselves enough time to actually win the game, then that is their error. This applies to any time control, not just blitz.
Originally posted by ChessPraxis I'd say VR is the TO King.
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What kind of a person takes time out wins?
The same kind that will set up and execute cheap traps.
My kind of chess player.
WTG SG!!
The real question is do you pat yourself on the back after winning against a guy like that who is in the middle of 300 other games? You just won a guy playing a huge simul.
SwissGambit is of course correct in that all games are in fact already lost if and when the time out controls set for the game have been exceeded. Having personally played on this site for many years and elsewhere online I have claimed in earlier years but a handful of skulls where the opponents have not responded to my personal message reminders. As a consequence of engine users and other TOS violators I now decline to play any rated chess games on any website but will still claim my right to the skull if I do not receive a response within 3 days as this makes starting a new game impossible. As a former subscriber I no longer do so as I see no logical reason why I should pay to lose games to a chess programme user, All time controls being set before the start of a game each player knows the time available for moves and must always expect to lose the game when agreed time elapses. Those who ever complain about this are complaining about what they have already agreed to!---------REC.
Originally posted by USArmyParatrooper No such thing as a cheap trap. It is either positionally sound or it's not. It either works or it doesn't.
This is a bit of a gray area. Mikhail Tal joked that 'there are two types of sacrifices: sound, and mine.' Sometimes moves that are objectively unsound nevertheless work against a human opponent, who may not be able to find the refutation with the clock ticking.
20 Nov '13 22:31
Putting this whole site on notice!
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