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Losing points when claiming draw.

An opponent left a game after just 5 or 6 moves, with the position still very even. I, sportingly, decided not to claim a victory and instead just called a draw.

But, because my ranking was higher, I lost a few points, and he gained a few.

I wonder is it possible to set it up so that the person sportingly only claiming a draw in these situations doesn't lose ranking points as a result of their gentlemanly behaviour?
@theosarugambit How about showing the link.
When you have the chance to claim victory, claim it.
There is nothing rude about claiming the game.
Ethically, call it a draw when you think it's a real draw.
No it's not. That's not how the rating system works. Just claim the victory, wait for them to return, or accept the point loss. There's nothing wrong with claiming the victory and trying to somehow alter the point system to reward such "sportsmanship" creates more problems than it solves.
I think other servers allow aborting or adjourning a game which has so few moves. This would significantly complicate the Lichess GUI, for the sake of a few rating points...
Fair enough, it might be too complicated. Maybe the 'annul the game' option is better - that you can annul the game without any rating point loss, in such a situation.

But maybe it is all too complicated and is best just to leave it as it is. I just found it a bit disappointing to lose points in that situation.
that's online chess and free chess to boot (no money in play), so why do you think claiming victory in this case is wrong? i'm all for erase that claim draw button.
@PathSeeker1

Some players just leave the game when their position becomes ugly...I have no problem claiming victory in that situation.

In this case it was early in the game, still an even position - perhaps they had internet trouble or whatever. I'd prefer to just call it a draw (or annulled) in that position.

I suppose the issue is that points will be added to/deducted to a score, even though that particular game ended so early that it's impossible to say that those points were fairly earned or lost.

But the problem is that some games could easily be lost within the first 5 or 6 moves too, so it would be unwise to put a limit of a number of moves, under which a 'claim draw' doesn't result in the allocation of points.

Perhaps one option is that, under a certain number of moves, the remaining player has an extra option presented to them - the option to 'annul the game', along with claiming victory or calling a draw. In cases where the 'annul' option is selected, there would be no points allocated at all (as if one player had never played their first move at all).

But all this is complicated, and maybe just not worth the effort for what would be a small number of games. I understand that.
Because of the even nature game at that very early point.

I'd rather not claim a victory, because I hadn't done enough to merit it, but I'd rather not call a draw, because I don't deserve to lose points either - but those were the only 2 options available to me.

I am wondering about the possibility of a 3rd option in situations such as these, which would be to claim an annulled/aborted game, similar to what happens if somebody never plays their first move at all.

I understand that it might be quite difficult to implement, and simply not worth the effort it would take and the impact it would have.

But whether people think it's pointless or whatever, I actually don't think what I am suggesting is all that difficult to understand.

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