well, if the winning user cannot send or accept a rematch, then that is fine as well because it is their choice. And many people have important things to do if it is their last game for that day.
But if the losing user sends a rematch and it gets declined and they say something asking why it got declined in chat then i think the winning user should also address why they declined the rematch.
@scarpentus said in #44:
> I don't think it's that easy or simple. That would split the playing pool and slow down the pairing process.
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> And complicate things. How do you force someone to play the follow-up games? You might penalize them in various ways, of course. Then we'd have a whole new category of recurring feedback complaints when that doesn't play out as expected.
Well, how do you force someone to play any move? You don't, the other party just times out or leaves the game. You can treat matches the same way: once you made the first move of the first game, you play till the end of the last game, and either time out, or the opponent gets to claim a win because you left the game.
I'm not arguing in favour (or against) having an option for matches, but this objection seems like a solved problem to me.
What's the storm in the teacup? What does respect have to do with it? Yes, to deal with such nonsense with our ratings! For most, chess is entertainment, relaxation and nothing more. I play several games and I am not interested in a variety of opponents. To grapple with one, for what sake. I never ask for or give revenge myself, although I often lose due to gross blunders to weaker opponents. Not a tragedy. But when an opponent with a naked king continues to play against a rook and queen, this is disrespect and, first of all, to yourself.
@Starij_Ded said in #53:
> But when an opponent with a naked king continues to play against a rook and queen, this is disrespect and, first of all, to yourself.
This is also nonsense. Just mate him and move on.
Yet another "people who don't rematch are jerks" thread.
Look, if you are genuinely interested in making people see your point or even change their minds, then maybe starting with insults (like calling them ignorant and what not) in your opening post is not such a good idea. Otherwise, you just antagonize everyone who doesn't already agree with you.
You want people to be nice, then maybe be nice too.
I got routinely cheated upon granting a rematch, so I stopped offering rematches.
It is a chess game. It is just internet. A player who thinks a birthright to play twice because they lost? A player who thinks it courtesy or not courtesy what they do? They both sound like they need something better to do. Maybe more of a life. Go have a few drinks. Meet non chess people.
@Starij_Ded said in #53:
> when an opponent with a naked king continues to play against a rook and queen, this is disrespect and, first of all, to yourself.
Not many days ago I had rook, queen and a knight against a naked king... and I got stalemated. So, my opponent was right to continue. Nothing disrespectful on his part, I laughed out loud at the poor outcome of my game.
It's a game.
That's right, it's just a game. I have said this, in my opinion, quite clearly. So why fuck your ass? Well, if you have just started playing chess, then it's a different matter, but what difficulties can there be with a queen against a naked king? That's incredible!
@Starij_Ded said in #59:
> Well, if you have just started playing chess, then it's a different matter, but what difficulties can there be with a queen against a naked king? That's incredible!
It's not that K+Q against K is difficult, it's just that you can get distracted. Rare, but it can happens. It's part of the game.
And here there is an army of players like me who manage to distract themselves even at the last moment, when they have victory in their pocket.
The point, however, is another: YOU interpret continuing to play in desperate conditions as something disrespectful, MANY OTHERS don't. Even on this question of resigning, the way of seeing things varies from person to person. And we cannot expect that our personal way of seeing chess should be adopted by everyone.
Play your game following your etiquette, let others play according to theirs.
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