They played 3+0, and the quality of the game is respective. I do not think in 30+30 higher rated opponent would blunder so horribly. Anyway, if you play fast game AND you are up a queen BUT you can not win with this advantage AND you do not try to win AND you are much slower than your opponent - than you SHOULD lose.
That is a question of experience: your opponent blundered, which happens to all of us, but he managed to hold a position, while you could not win being up a queen, that's why he has higher rating and won against you in a fair way.
kiseiju
@10Yes, of course people can play on time in otb or in online chess without having premove available, as well.
My point is that mass premoving in totally lost positions just to try to win or draw "at all costs", throwing in bullet chess tricks like sacrificing all of your pieces in the end, has in my opinion little to do with the real game of chess, and is in my opinion bad sportmanship.
Premove is an artificial thing. Yet lots of people seem to find it normal or natural.
For the pro mass premovers I suggest they move to bullet chess, and stay away from blitz and classical.
OP you're terribly wrong.
If you both had 5 seconds I would understand (yet you stilll chose to play by these rules)
But you had 1'30, a queen up, and an opponent playing random moves, and you didn't try to win it?
I don't understand really. Do you expect you can demand, on sportsmanship grounds, that your opponent resigns a position because you think it's won yet you can't actually do it?
I'll ask you to resign after 1 e4 because I decided it's won for white and if you play moves I'll accuse you of trying to flag me
(sorry if this sounds aggressive, I think I'm frustrated that you didnt get that win actually)
@achja I agree -- that is why increment is better than no increment.
But if you play with no increment, then that's the game you're playing.
to clarify : irrespective of whether you think a strategy of flagging when you're down on the board is poor sportsmanship, playing instant moves is a very weak way to go about it if the other guy has more than 30 seconds, because he (you) can just think for a bit and win the board, instead of whining in the forums
I am a lichess newbie but have migrated from
Chess.com as I am sick of the apparent cheating and indifference to poor behavior.
Here, players seem to be more civilized and sportsman-like.
I will resign immediately if I blunder a piece and if the player is rated within 200 points down, equal or above my rating. It's a mark of respect for my opponent and an acknowledgement that I shouldn't play on when the chances of winning are very slim. If there are only seconds remaining for both players then I will usually stick it out to the end and if I win on time then so be it. In thfollowing game I blundered a queen losing to a knight fork but I had some compensation with a reasonable position and I assessed that my opponent was not playing well before my blunder.
en.lichess.org/U1mKaqKA/white#65It's an instantaneous judgement but proved correct and I still mated on the back row. Lucky, no as the pieces don't move by themselves but after the game I acknowledged to the player that I blundered and he was astute to see the fork. I was pleased with how I recovered however I wouldn't pretend that I would get away with this with a higher rated player. As long as we remain positive and play with good will and manners, chess will always be a pleasurable experience
When I get flagged in a winning position I blame myself. As for resigning down a piece in 3 0, do you forfeit a football game if you get scored on or lose a player due to a red card?
well raiken the comparison with football is a bit wrong because it's a game where there's no slippery slope, you can make the comeback if you outplay the other team as much as he outplayed you
while in chess a piece down without compensation is almost guaranteed loss at same level (and not complete beginners)
but!
in this particular situation, OP wasn't able to make the conversion. So no need to resign, and the moment OP told his opponent "hey I'm not going to make any threats or thoughtful plans" the opponents knew that he didnt need to think on his moves and flagged him
i feel that u should use inc, and their is a feature called premoving as a mostly hyperbullet player, i use it a lot.
and also since i play bullet 1:30 plenty of time to mate opponent with queen up,
especially,
when opponent is making random moves. if he is u just create more threats and if he moves instantly, then u execute the threats