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Post the game (or the anonymized PGN).
Interesting point.
I've experienced it a few times and it's puzzling.
It is within the rules, of course.
Perhaps some players like to give themselves a huge challenge?
Maybe the thing to do is to keep calm and play the board as it stands and not fall into the trap of thinking it'll be an easy win.
I've experienced it a few times and it's puzzling.
It is within the rules, of course.
Perhaps some players like to give themselves a huge challenge?
Maybe the thing to do is to keep calm and play the board as it stands and not fall into the trap of thinking it'll be an easy win.
I believe this is a strategy employed by some to wrong-foot the opponent in blitz. The player with the clock advantage is lulled into a false sense of security, thinking a win on time is coming soon. Suddenly, he is faced with bullet-paced, good, tactical moves. He may find himself wasting the valuable extra time to deal with the unexpected change or feel obliged to reply at the same speed at the risk of blundering badly.
Encountered that too. When your opponent is able to play like 8 moves each second after he disconnect and reconnect in a 3 minutes blitz with less than 10 seconds on the clock on his/her side, evidence is too clear. Blocked.
they forgot where puzzle rush is
@AbdominousBishop said in #5:
> Encountered that too. When your opponent is able to play like 8 moves each second after he disconnect and reconnect in a 3 minutes blitz with less than 10 seconds on the clock on his/her side, evidence is too clear. Blocked.
That's nothing like "evidence". Many endgames allow quick, obvious counterplay that can take time to respond to and you'll easily run your clock down if you're playing blitz and you don't specifically aim to prevent that sort of thing. On the other hand, if the opponent is playing difficult to find moves or hitting complex tactics very quickly, that's another story.
Hence: post the game.
> Encountered that too. When your opponent is able to play like 8 moves each second after he disconnect and reconnect in a 3 minutes blitz with less than 10 seconds on the clock on his/her side, evidence is too clear. Blocked.
That's nothing like "evidence". Many endgames allow quick, obvious counterplay that can take time to respond to and you'll easily run your clock down if you're playing blitz and you don't specifically aim to prevent that sort of thing. On the other hand, if the opponent is playing difficult to find moves or hitting complex tactics very quickly, that's another story.
Hence: post the game.
I've never had this happen in one of my games.
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