Game 13097566
TY so as an example..in this game, white hasn't answered since Oct 2021 and Black will not claim the skull win...it will stay until a house "clean-up" but in this case, Black player is still very active, playing many other games.
@ogb saidIn fact I wait for one year until I claim a skull in afriendly (and have lost games to housekeeping, when there was no message beforehand.
Game 13097566
TY so as an example..in this game, white hasn't answered since Oct 2021 and Black will not claim the skull win...it will stay until a house "clean-up" but in this case, Black player is still very active, playing many other games.
This Game 14458223 is currently my oldets game.
Sometimes people come back vene afeter long time.
@Ponderable
Even if this person returns after nearly a year, you have a massive advantage of material. He has zero chance of even a draw. What is the point of waiting any longer? you're only risking the chance of the game being "closed out" with no rating gain. Are you trying to be some kind of hero?
@ogb saidWell this is just a rule I give myself, regardless of actual position. I have encountered people in the past who would rather go down on time than by chekmate...
@Ponderable
Even if this person returns after nearly a year, you have a massive advantage of material. He has zero chance of even a draw. What is the point of waiting any longer? you're only risking the chance of the game being "closed out" with no rating gain. Are you trying to be some kind of hero?
My main target is not to achieve a high rating (I think I reached 1500 at some moement) but to have fun with the game 😉
@ponderable saidI am of a similar persuasion.
Well this is just a rule I give myself, regardless of actual position. I have encountered people in the past who would rather go down on time than by chekmate...
My main target is not to achieve a high rating (I think I reached 1500 at some moement) but to have fun with the game 😉
I come on here to play chess and don't really care about my rating.The rating system is flawed anyway.I think it should be calculated on rating when the game starts,not finishes but that is another issue which has been debated before.
If I start a game against a player rated say 1500,he is timed out due to illness so his rating drops to 1000 for example because people time him out and then he returns and beats me I lose a lot more rating points.If I win, I gain fewer.One reason why I don't care about rating
@ogb saidSetting the time limit would be the problem, particularly for the shorter time frame games.We never know what is in store for us.If I am in a car crash and lie incapacitated in hospital for 2 weeks should I just write off my games?
@venda
ok you bring up some valid points....I'm sure it's been mentioned before, but why not have the website enforce the skull timeouts after a week or so. That way, the opponent can still feel good about himself for not clicking on the skull button..
Also bear in mind the timeout protection flag(wrongly labelled the vacation flag) is not available to non subs,so if I am unexpectedly called away for some reason I have no means of protecting my games other than asking my opponents not to time me out.
This is as close as I can get to my problem. For @Russ or anyone that knows:
I am in a club tournament and my opponent skulled out.
Iwas under the impression that in ladder games and tournament games that are skulled, the Bot TD
will take the skulls, which seems fair, so as not to tie up the tourney or ladder. But in my case (club tourney) this has not happened.
What is the rule? thanks in advance.
@earl-of-trumps saidIf you refer to Tournament 43045: It is the final round you are not tying up anything 😉
This is as close as I can get to my problem. For @Russ or anyone that knows:
I am in a club tournament and my opponent skulled out.
Iwas under the impression that in ladder games and tournament games that are skulled, the Bot TD
will take the skulls, which seems fair, so as not to tie up the tourney or ladder. But in my case (club tourney) this has not happened.
What is the rule? thanks in advance.