What is stalling?

Stalling is when the critical angle of attack is reached or exceeded, preventing the wings from generating lift...

Sorry,
I guess that doesn't apply in chess. So my recommendation is to turn off chat or just hit 'z' during games to turn on zen mode.
That way you can concentrate when you need to without any distractions from your opponent.

Repeated stalling can be 'rewarded' with a temporary ban on lichess.

@EmaciatedSpaniard said in #21:

Stalling is when the critical angle of attack is reached or exceeded, preventing the wings from generating lift...

Sorry,
I guess that doesn't apply in chess. [...]

Maybe your aircraft analogy sometimes does apply figuratively. A player who goes full force trying to calculate the consequences of a move in a complicated position may lift their aircraft nose too high and lose track of what the lines they are thinking of. They bamboozle themself and crash to the ground, unable to play a move.

I do actually believe that many occurrences of "stalling" in chess, letting the time run out without moving, are due to genuine inability to play a move because the thought processes have tied themselves in knots.

@EmaciatedSpaniard said in #21:

Stalling is when the critical angle of attack is reached or exceeded, preventing the wings from generating lift...

The analogy does make sense,though. If see it as the staller trying to win, when they obviously have no chance to generate an attack or lift.

@Brian-E said in #22:

I do actually believe that many occurrences of "stalling" in chess, letting the time run out without moving, are due to genuine inability to play a move because the thought processes have tied themselves in knots.

That might explain why I don't stall that much. I really just do what seems right. If the moves I make put my pieces in good positions, then I'll probably have good moves available to me. Basically building a goof foundation.

@mkubecek said in #20:

I generally don't care if ppl let their timer run out in rapid, they only tell you that you beat them well. And I get time to ponder the game and drink my coffee, what's not to like?

This fits my observation so far. Bullet players who wait for half a minute are furious about rage quitting, blitz players who wait for two minutes are angry, rapid players wait for five minutes and are like "Seriously? Come on..." and classical players who wait for quarter an hour just shrug and do something else in the meantime. :-)

I guess so. At my IRL Chess club, we play 1 hour and 15 minutes plus increment. Some ppl go for a smoke during the game and at some evenings we just chat whilst playing club tournament games. It's quite the difference with Blitz.

And if people try to be mean, it's often more honest feedback then if they are polite. Someone trying to rage sit merely admits you're played than they were, whilst they try to be mean. It's an interesting quirk of behaviour like that.

@Brian-E said in #22:

Maybe your aircraft analogy sometimes does apply figuratively. A player who goes full force trying to calculate the consequences of a move in a complicated position may lift their aircraft nose too high and lose track of what the lines they are thinking of. They bamboozle themself and crash to the ground, unable to play a move.

I do actually believe that many occurrences of "stalling" in chess, letting the time run out without moving, are due to genuine inability to play a move because the thought processes have tied themselves in knots.
This has happened to me in 90+30 games- I just stopped thinking after 10 minutes of repeatedly analyzing a critical position.