Sporting Behaviour in Tournaments

You make it mate

Originally posted by smiffy
You make it mate

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Originally posted by smiffy
it was

It was a 3/7.

Originally posted by smiffy
it was

It was a 3/7.

sorted now

Originally posted by smiffy
sorted now

Ok kid...give it yer best 😉

Originally posted by TRAINS44
Ok kid...give it yer best 😉

For everyone who wants to know how this game goes:

smiffy vs Trains44 Game 1791301

Good luck to the both of you and with good sporting behaviour. 😉

Originally posted by Loose Screw
For everyone who wants to know how this game goes:

smiffy vs Trains44 Game 1791301

Good luck to the both of you and with good sporting behaviour. 😉

Why, thank you Mr. Loose Screw!!😀

Originally posted by TRAINS44
Why, thank you Mr. Loose Screw!!😀

I couldn't give a toss. This should be your prIvate conversation. Who would care? Stick to the subject.

Originally posted by buffalobill
I couldn't give a toss. This should be your prIvate conversation. Who would care? Stick to the subject.

I'll play you in the tournament Mr. Buffalobill and beat the pants off ya, hows that cowboy?

Originally posted by TRAINS44
I'll play you in the tournament Mr. Buffalobill and beat the pants off ya, hows that cowboy?

Maybe you will, but this thread is about the etiquette of joining a tournament and then resigning against opponents you can't beat or don't like. Not about Trains and Smiffy.

Originally posted by buffalobill
Maybe you will, but this thread is about the etiquette of joining a tournament and then resigning against opponents you can't beat or don't like. And this doesn't mean YOU.

True. Well said!

Originally posted by irax
What would be the point of entering a tournament and then immediately resigning to the players that are ranked higher then you in your group? It spoils the group as the better players get immediate points while the lesser players have to fight for them. It makes it so much harder for those rated directly below the ´resigner´

If many people did this, then it´ ...[text shortened]... e whole tournament system on this site.

Answers on a postcard, or even better in this thread.

In response, i would say that it would be bad sportsmanship to instantly resign to only the high rated players in a tournament. If a player resigns in this way, for whatever personal or professional reasons they might have, they should resing to all games and therefore pullout from the tournament. Even if the chance of beating high rated players is slim, it would be very selfish to resign to their games but play on against the rest.

Resignation like this unbalances the playing field. It is very easy to see that 'playing and loosing' the tough games makes no difference in the end, but more importantly it should be seen that the difference is evident when 'playing and drawing or winning' (however unprobable or difficult) the tough games does make a differnce.

Overall: if you are entering a tournament you are entering to play competitavely and not to instantly resign ANY specific selection of games. If for whatever reasons you do choose to resing in this way you are effectively not playing to win and should pullout thus resigning from all games.

which of the lower rated players has a better chance of winning - 1000 aganist 1500 or 1500 aganist 1900 and why?

1500 vs 1900 has a better chance.

At 1000 the chances of getting a winning position are slim. The chances of throwing it away should you get it are very high.

A 1500 player should have some understanding of chess and positional/strategic/tactical concepts.

That said I still hang pieces far too often for my liking!