Etiquette

Enjoy your holiday mate, and tks for all the work you do on Che55. Have a few for me.

Andy, I am experiencing another form of questionable behaviour. This is where my opponent is totally lost (down a queen and two pieces for example) and just before the 5 day timeout, they do a move to drag things on for another 4/5 days. Really unnecessary. Maybe also deal with this simultaneously? Regards Mamba

Well ,there you go! ..
I 've got the feeling that some of these players just hate to press that "resign button" maybe because it's "sour grapes" because they have lost too easy, and play on just for spite.
Such deplorable behavior is unacceptable and again I say "not in the spirit of the game".
Now, I notice were the pieces taken rows are, we have the points on the left, and maybe
Andy could get these points to flash, when, say, 10points over their opponents. This may
stimulate the opponent to take the appropriate action. Like resign!!! I hasten to add that the
position should warrant such action, along with material down.
As you suggest Mozart, this could be incorporated in the resignation notice.
We will have to wait and see what the chief says, when he gets back from having a skin full !
Do you think this idea is feasible?

Quite often it is not a case of bad etiquette. Inexperienced players simply do not recognize when they have a lost game. Nudge them perhaps but please don't hit them with a sledgehammer.

Best wishes,
Steve

Sure, they don't get that a rook and a knight down in and endgame is not lost, and they keep pushing pawns to see how they are checkmated. If they want to analyse, i very much doubt any experienced player will refuse to tell them where he/she thinks they lost the game, and how they can get better. It's surprising how some people refuse to look at the position with their opponent's eyes and think twice when it says -10 down in the screen. It's also part of the learning process to know when you can try to hold and when you're just annoying the other player, and that you can only learn by thinking each move and most importantly, analyzing after the game. I've only analyzed with experienced players despite suggesting it to some obviously less strong players. Next time i'm getting my hammer!

Hello guys .with due respect to mr.Alezflute i agree to u in someways.But in my opinion that is applicable depending on what d situation is.As we all see in the higher level(IMs,GMs)competition, they intend to resign being down by a piece or even caught in a bad position w/ even pcs. bfore getting humiliated on d game board by their opponent.If i will be in d same situation i wll dfntely do d same.Knwing that ur playing w/ the finest players in the field.And another is that they are only doing one game at a time;summary is that they are less capable of commiting a blunder.wheras in our situation,on my part for example i am playing 60-100 games at a time.There were times that my opponent was down by not only a rook and yet i got mated.If ever i play w/ this player again and put him in d same situation as before i cant blame him if he wants to continue and take d chance that i will commit anothr mistake. That is his/her prerogative.Anyway that is why we are here for, isntit? to enjoy and to some is to learn playing d game by learning the skills to the other players.So I think that as we go along d way playing in this site hving familiarize w/ each others capability players will soon realize their opponents skills and soon enough what Mr,Alezflute wants to happen will happen.Having playd w/ u bfore and got beaten several times i know that i should gv it up being dwn by a piece i knw hw good u r.more pwer to everyone!MABUHAY!

To respectfully summarize styff67: players should be encouraged to use their judgement?

Did I not read somewhere, a long time ago that a player starts with 39 points, 20 points was therfore enough to force a win and at 25 points the game was won.

I belive the above is a very good guide, others will argue their case.

Jut to throw my 35 years of experience of playing this game into the pot, etiquette, especially resigning is about doing the right thing at the right time. A resignation is not based on points, or position, or hope for a mistake, nor the number of moves played nor even when a Queen down (which may have been sacrificed) its about respect for your opponents ability and respect for yourself.

A good player knows when his fate is sealed, but a very good player will take every opportunity to change the diection of the game before they resign.

Any one who wants to resign, fancy a game ?
Regards
white-pawn

i am somewhat dismayed at a certain individual who is in a impossible situation against me which is ruining my chess experience, its obvious that hes playing other games but he is using his full time allocation just to wind me up, now im not the best chess player on here by a long shot but i do know when im beat. im at the point now where im considering resigning myself, not happy, has any other player experinced the same situation???

I must say I have played many games aganst him without undue delay, and have become long distance mates. Knowing the kind of guy he is, just ask him to move, and I am sure he will.

Further to my previoius, I think it is completely wrong to name another player when making allegations.

i agree that i shouldnt of named the player so ive edited my previous post. i have asked the player in quetion to make their move but to little or no avail. the player in question is on here daily at the same time as me so i would guess that my allegation is infact correct

Hi

I have been on the site for a few weeks now and am really enjoying it.
I do have a problem with members who are chalenged while they are logged on, stay on for up to two hours then log off without accepting or declining. Is it me or do others find this plain rude/

Hi all
Wishing you good fortune, good health,and good chess for 2010

To whom this may concern: PLEASE WILL YOU ANSWER THE E-MAILS THAT ARE BACKING UP!!
I've lost all games through timeout because you have failed to recognise my password, and I've tried to contact you in the "CONTACT US" without response.
I understand that this has happened to other members in the passed,and hope they haven't
lost games.
As you see my name is felix, AKA WOODY