Originally posted by SwissGambitCall me old-fashioned or a sucker, but I always tell my opponents when they forgot to hit the clock. I'm not interested in winning in such a manner. I disagree it's a chess related blunder in any way.
Once, I got a ridiculous swindle in an OTB rated game. The guy had completely outplayed me. The time control was G/90, but he was moving at a glacial pace and his clock was under 5 minutes, so I kept playing. Sure enough, he promoted a pawn on d1, grabbed the new Queen, and...forgot to punch the clock.
So I made a good show of staring very intently at ...[text shortened]... in-1.
And no, you can't always avoid playing scoundrels like me in a paired tournament. 😉
12 Sep 12
Originally posted by no1marauderBravo, no1marauder! Forgetting to punch one's clock is different from mismanaging one's clock. In realizing and acting on this distinction, you demonstrated real class.
Call me old-fashioned or a sucker, but I always tell my opponents when they forgot to hit the clock. I'm not interested in winning in such a manner. I disagree it's a chess related blunder in any way.
12 Sep 12
Originally posted by no1marauderI do this, too.
Call me old-fashioned or a sucker, but I always tell my opponents when they forgot to hit the clock. I'm not interested in winning in such a manner. I disagree it's a chess related blunder in any way.
Once or twice, I've also sat and let my clock run on the first move when my opponent has been delayed at the start of the game through no fault of their own, until the clocks were even.
For me, winning on a technicality is a result, but not an accomplishment.
