Lack of Good Manners on RHP

I play otb quite a bit (although not very well) and people will often play on for a long time after they've "lost", if they're stronger presumably because think their opponent will blow his chances and if they're weaker either for the same reason or because they don't know they've lost. Or because they have a big time advantage, or just because it's late and the other guy looks knackered. No-one complains about this. If you want your point, you just have to stay at the board and convert.

Originally posted by thaughbaer
I don't think anyone has argued that one person should dictate when another should resign. If they did I missed it. Despite your protestations otherwise, I think you know exactly the kind of thing which is being suggested are bad manners here. Even my former queen is guilty of practices which I would consider bad manners. Thread 10994. I onl ...[text shortened]... o if this qualifies me to have my beak up my arse I think your beak should be up there with it.

I deem it very bad manners and insulting for a player who has an obviously lost position to play on in the forlorn hope that his adversary will commit a childish blunder.

Hi V.

Cheers.

Schonberg - One of those chess books with no games, I have it knocking about somewhere.

You will no doubt heard of or even played Rudolf Austin.
Not very high graded these days but in the 70's qualified for a few Scottish
Championships. (coming I believe 2nd or 3rd one year).
In 1979 he won the Lothian Championship playing some great games and
beating quite a few names.

If he was lost he always played on till he was mated or resigned just one
move from mate. Always.
It did not matter who he was playing, you had to mate him.

He could also play some erractic chess (don't we all) whch I witnessed first
hand being on Board 2 to his board 1 in Team 2 from 75' to 78'.

The match would be over and we were wanting to go home but we had
to till wait Rudolf was finally mated. And this was on board one.

He did manage to pull a few lost games from the fire and once v me
actually resigned thinking I mating him on the next move.
I could see his move (which would have turned the game) and sat there stone
faced. He resigned.

The position appears in 'Blunders and Brilliancies.' here is the full game.

G. Chandler - R.Austin, Edinburgh 1980

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Hi V.

Cheers.

Schonberg - One of those chess books with no games, I have it knocking about somewhere.

You will no doubt heard of or even played Rudolf Austin.
Not very high graded these days but in the 70's qualified for a few Scottish
Championships. (coming I believe 2nd or 3rd one year).
In 1979 he won the Lothian Championship playing some ...[text shortened]... Be8 21. Na3 Qd5 22. Qf4 g5 23. Nc6+ Ka8 24. Nb5 {Black resigned. What can he play?} [/pgn]

Originally posted by Shallow Blue
Well, let's see what the OP was about, shan't we?

I deem it very bad manners and insulting for a player who has an obviously lost position to play on in the forlorn hope that his adversary will commit a childish blunder.

Note that there is no mention of dragging the game on by playing to the extent of the time controls, no mention of ...[text shortened]... d resign: when it's obviously lost to the OP, not necessarily to his opponent.

Richard

Originally posted by Aldan
I deem it very bad manners and insulting for a player who has an obviously lost position to play on in the forlorn hope that his adversary will commit a childish blunder. RHP appears to approve and institutionalize these bad manners in the posted diagrams of checkmates appearing on the home page as almost all of these diagrammed checkmates involve games wit ...[text shortened]... as to indicate that the games had been lost many moves before the checkmate. What to you think?

Originally posted by thaughbaer
Clearly the OP doesn't like it. That's not the same as dictating when someone should resign. He can't dictate to anyone whether he wants to or not because the site simply doesn't allow it. I looked for his "resign opponent button" request in site ideas but I couldn't find it. Maybe you'll have better luck.

Originally posted by RJHinds
I am not sure if I have asked you yet, "What is a thaughbaer."

Airk Thaughbaer is an old friend and mentor of Madmartigan and the general
in charge of the Galladoorn.

Jeez RJ, don't you know anything?

Smart people look like crazy people to stupid people.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Airk Thaughbaer is an old friend and mentor of Madmartigan and the general
in charge of the Galladoorn.

Jeez RJ, don't you know anything?

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
He's a character from "Willow."

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Airk Thaughbaer is an old friend and mentor of Madmartigan and the general
in charge of the Galladoorn.

Jeez RJ, don't you know anything?

I found something about that movie on YouTube. My son was right it is about a midget or really a dwarf. I understand why my wife and I did not see it now.

YouTube&feature=related

It's a kind of condensed Lord Of The Rings, made years earlier. Ron Howard made it, and he has made a lot of great movies over the years.