Rule corner: if your opponent has the move don’t react to draw offers

@Thengel You mark your scoresheet with the equal symbol "="

These sorts of rules are only of interest to personality-deficient sociopaths who can sit there for five minutes staring at their opponent while refusing to answer what is effectively a simple yes or no question, feeling justified because they know some esoteric rule that their opponent might not. The astoundingly smarmy timbre of this thread leads me to feel that a different title would be more appropriate: "How to be a cowardly jerk and get away with it in chess court."

@puppyplay : Did you look at the game? The other guy shouldn't have offered a draw in the first place, was a lost game. By offering a draw he either assumed:

1. Our dear @Sarg0n was a complete patzer (unlikely, given CM in front of his name)
2. Sarg0n would accidentally click on the accept draw button
3. He was trying to psych out the CM by making him think that there was a non-existent forced draw
   It is perfectly reasonable not to answer someone's question immediately, especially when that question is designed to throw you off of your game.

@clousems Draw offers can be abused as distractions in online play, no disagreement. I am talking about the idea of just sitting there for minutes on end in an OTB scenario.

But you know what CM stands for, right? Certified mediocre ;D

Don't get personal, @puppyplay That's loser's style.

Comments are appreciated though. TY

PS: actually the icon was blinking all the time. I can imagine that not few misclick.

@puppyplay
It might not be a simple yes or no question. In a tournament game, you might be in a situation where your opponent thinks their position is slightly worse and offers a draw while they have the move, but you know that they have a winning move in the position. You can wait for them to make their move. If they play the winning move, you accept the draw offer, since a draw is the best that you'll get in the game. If you're feeling ambitious and they play a sub-optimal move, you might want to decide to play on to try for a win. Your opponent's next move might have a huge impact on your decision, and you don't have to decide before knowing what your opponent would play.

Revision: my opponent offered me a draw having the move - besides repetition having mate in one as well. I accepted in no time. ;)

I think most of my opponents draw offers are just missclicks. I dont react and after some seconds they resign. However few times I've had games where opponent has offered draws too much to count for. First at move 10 when game is even, and every damn time since when he can. Near mate? No problems, one final draw offer. Super annoying, but at least declining is easy, just make a move.

Thought I faced same guy later in tournament and I returned some draw favors when I was losing. Yeah, he was not the right guy. It tells me that I shouldn't really bother for "payback". Even if situation might just be juicy enough.