I have emailed the admin about this, but didn't receive a satisfactory answer. Twice, after only 2 moves by each player, I have suddenly been awarded the win, even though winning was impossible. Also, in each of these cases, the moves were made well within move time limits, etc. I really don't WANT these games attributed as wins, since they WEREN'T wins, they were bugs! Also, it doesn't seem fair to attribute a loss to the other party. Can anyone back me up here? I am afraid this will happen again. The response from the board admin was "Please see the section in the help files regarding "Move Timeouts." I don't see anything there to help me. Here is the game:
http://www.redhotpawn.com/core/playchess.php?gameid=2644545
On the My Games page you apparantly have hit the skull icon. This causes you to claim the win because the time limit set for your opponent to make a move, has elapsed. At that time the skull icon pops up.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK GAME 2521628 WHERE MY OPPONENT RESIGNED AFTER TWO MOVES EACH. NO RISK, NO TIMEOUTS -- COULD IT BE HE/SHE WAS PLAYING FOR A LOWER RATING? SURELY NOT! IF A PLAYER PLAYS THAT GAME, WOULD IT NOT BE AGAINST A PLAYER RATED 888 NOT 1500 LIKE ME ...? Game 2521628😳
Originally posted by Coach David YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK GAME 2521628 WHERE MY OPPONENT RESIGNED AFTER TWO MOVES EACH. NO RISK, NO TIMEOUTS -- COULD IT BE HE/SHE WAS PLAYING FOR A LOWER RATING? SURELY NOT! IF A PLAYER PLAYS THAT GAME, WOULD IT NOT BE AGAINST A PLAYER RATED 888 NOT 1500 LIKE ME ...? Game 2521628😳
Originally posted by Coach David YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK GAME 2521628 WHERE MY OPPONENT RESIGNED AFTER TWO MOVES EACH. NO RISK, NO TIMEOUTS -- COULD IT BE HE/SHE WAS PLAYING FOR A LOWER RATING? SURELY NOT! IF A PLAYER PLAYS THAT GAME, WOULD IT NOT BE AGAINST A PLAYER RATED 888 NOT 1500 LIKE ME ...? Game 2521628😳
No need for the all caps... That is a 10 move game you linked to, not 2 moves each. You'd need to ask that user why they quit. There is no bug.
Originally posted by Sicilian Smaug I think you are a boring, annoying forum poster that pretends to be righteous and useful to the community when in fact you don't really contribute as much as you think, just the usual arguing and empty useless posts.
No thanks.