I was playing an opponent and was fortunate to get a winning position due to a blunder by my opponent. He began to make really bad moves and played like the worse moves on the board, like totally taking the pee.
Is this abuse? I felt abused. Should I though?
This behavior is frequent.
It means your opponent resigned. Just checkmate him/her quickly.
LOL
I think they copied that technique from me. I wonder if they credited me.
i would say if they take a long time between moves, that would suck. otherwise, just vacuum the board and checkmate. Depending on how many pieces they have left, they might be playing for stalemate. I don't see anything wrong with that.
You have a very weird concept of abuse.
@Deadban said in #6:
> You have a very weird concept of abuse.
you have an equally weird grasp of how forums work.
I sometimes do it. Also to check if it's an engine - if it is then the answer to the silly moves is slow.
Besides... you're in a losing position... why suffer for nothing? sometimes I even capture something and resign before opponent can capture back, did I say 'sometimes'? I meant... More than that.
If it's illegal, or even immortal, by all means - do report me. Guilty as charged!
what's the abuse? you think your opponent should always make strong moves to show respect for you? it is natural to me, upon losing badly, to start making wild harmless captures, as a way of expressing my frustrated mood while saying goodbye (which also means "well played, honored opponent") for me, it is not an attempt to flag or confuse or swindle; it's just my way of letting off steam after playing poorly.
sorry if anyone feels abused. certainly not my intention
idea of the forum? isn't it to respond honestly to your question? honest answer: you should not feel abused; you just won the game. get a thicker skin, because some chess players have truly nasty responses to losing. by the way, what does "taking the pee" mean? if it means like "oh piss," then yes that is the attitude being expressed
As people are openly admitting to having done it, there can be various reasons. I've made moves that may have been perceived as some form of abuse but in actuality either a previous horrendous move left me so stunned I'm just not thinking clearly / need a few moves to deal or I may be just trying some wacky moves to see if something magical can happen (and on rare occasions it does!). I've experienced similar on the other side of things and... I just assume they are tilted, frustrated with themselves, drunk or who knows. If it lasted a for a long time in a classical game it could be frustrating. But in something like blitz, even if they are doing it with negative intentions (again, who knows) I just see it as practice for closing out clearly winning positions. Kudos to them and shame on me if I cant.
