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Waiting for Opponent to move

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pakeha

New Zealand

Joined
27 Jun 06
Moves
19340
Clock
13 Mar 23

Wondering if there is something can be done to get the Game finished in the LADDERS, even though my OPPONENT has made 4 other Games with these moves. this player has lost one and drew one and as far as I can tell there is only 7 games in progress, last moves are from 10 March 23 to 13 March 23

Ponderable
chemist

Linkenheim

Joined
22 Apr 05
Moves
669955
Clock
14 Mar 23

@pakeha said
Wondering if there is something can be done to get the Game finished in the LADDERS, even though my OPPONENT has made 4 other Games with these moves. this player has lost one and drew one and as far as I can tell there is only 7 games in progress, last moves are from 10 March 23 to 13 March 23
Are you talking about this
Game 14959040?

The guy is well withing the time, so no problem whatsoever. It is their good right to ponder as long over their moves as time permits.

If time runs out you can take that timeout.

mchill
Cryptic

Behind the scenes

Joined
27 Jun 16
Moves
3283
Clock
15 Mar 23
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@pakeha said
Wondering if there is something can be done to get the Game finished in the LADDERS, even though my OPPONENT has made 4 other Games with these moves. this player has lost one and drew one and as far as I can tell there is only 7 games in progress, last moves are from 10 March 23 to 13 March 23
Wondering if there is something can be done to get the Game finished in the LADDERS, even though my OPPONENT has made 4 other Games with these moves.

The short answer is "No" As long as your opponent doesn't exceed time controls in this event, he (or she) is within their rights to play at this pace. Some constructive things you can do while waiting is: 1. Set up this position on a physical board and analyze it as deeply as you can, try to locate weakness's you can exploit. 2. Enter another event, your game load isn't unusually heavy, so another section might be in order. 3. Study: Tactics, playing through GM games that use your openings, endgame study (especially rook and pawn) and tutorials on you tube such as chess dojo are a good choices while waiting for an opponent to move.

Modest game loads provide an opportunity to play high quality games as well as improve your skills if you use that time wisely. 🙂

venda
Dave

S.Yorks.England

Joined
18 Apr 10
Moves
86199
Clock
16 Mar 23
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You don'rt need a physical board to analyze.
Just use analyze board.
You can try as many options as you want and then just reset and start again

mlb62

Joined
20 May 17
Moves
17542
Clock
16 Mar 23

@venda said
You don'rt need a physical board to analyze.
Just use analyze board.
You can try as many options as you want and then just reset and start again
Much better to use a real (wooden) set to analyze . paper & pencil for notes. Lol yes I'm old school

p
pakeha

New Zealand

Joined
27 Jun 06
Moves
19340
Clock
17 Mar 23

@Ponderable
The Above game has a long way to go, not like this game, Game Id 15040460 Move 38, and now after sending OPTIONs, it has come back to me with the NEXT MOVE by the OPPONENT

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