It never ceases to amaze me how when I have a busted position, my opponent machine guns moves as fast as his server will allow. When I have a winning position, time seems to stand still and my opponent waits to the last possible moment to move. I'm not complaining. I try to move at the same rate for wins and losses. My winning opponents deserve to have their good work come to fruition in a reasonable amount of time. It has nothing to do with legal or illegal, it's just human nature to put off the inevitable, I guess.
I often resign the second iv blundered unless there is a complex position. Its just depressing having lost games in progress and having to waste time thinking in lost positions when you could be using that time more productively. A good chess reason for resigning a game the second its fooked is that if your rating goes up before you resign then you lose more points.
Originally posted by Grayeyesofsorrowwell i have been inpositions lots of times when I have went the exchange down or blundered a piece and the funny thing is 9 times out of ten when a player goes up material be it a pawn or piece they panic to exchange all their pieces with u so as to win in the endgame all plans considered before are forgotten in their eagerness to swap pieces off I find more often than not that when u mix it up and launch an attack in their panic and lack of plan they succumb to blunders ...many is the time I have won that way.......so u c ...while hope remains fight on 😠regards paulsmove
I often resign the second iv blundered unless there is a complex position. Its just depressing having lost games in progress and having to waste time thinking in lost positions when you could be using that time more productively. ...[text shortened]... rating goes up before you resign then you lose more points.
I have to agree on that one. Many a countless time I was in a "hopeless" position, but fought on, and turned it into a win. Chess is like life. You really should not give up as long as there is some fight left in you. Be tough! Be a bulldog! Be a stinker! whatever you do, give your opponent his money's worth! If you are the fish that's gonna be reeled in, then at least get reeled in fighting like hell!
Originally posted by buddy2Its not a spiteful thing...I wait and analyze the board thoroughly and look for anything and everything. If my opponant making quick moves causes him to overlook something, I want to make sure I find it and crush him with it. It doesn't work that way often, but when it does, it is very rewarding
It never ceases to amaze me how when I have a busted position, my opponent machine guns moves as fast as his server will allow. When I have a winning position, time seems to stand still and my opponent waits to the last possible moment to move. I'm not complaining. I try to move at the same rate for wins and losses. My winning opponents deserve to have t ...[text shortened]... nothing to do with legal or illegal, it's just human nature to put off the inevitable, I guess.
Originally posted by KWCoronaPrecisely. People just need to have an understanding that it's easier to find the moves when your winning, and it can be hard to even find a plan when you're losing or the position is a diffcult one. In one of Silman's books, he said that if it takes you 30 minutes to find a good plan, then it takes you 30 minutes. Translate that to correspondence chess, and we're talking a good 3 days.
Its not a spiteful thing...I wait and analyze the board thoroughly and look for anything and everything. If my opponant making quick moves causes him to overlook something, I want to make sure I find it and crush him with it. It doesn't work that way often, but when it does, it is very rewarding
And to my opponeents who keep sending me reminders, I've set them up to go right into my spam folder. So keep sending them if you want.
Edit: And Buddy, I know your gripe is with people who slow their play down to a crawl when material is embarassingly lopsided. Personally, I tend to play faster in that case. Less material = less options = easier decisions to make. 😀