FIDE: "Any player who does not shake hands with the opponent (or greets the opponent in a normal social manner in accordance with the conventional rules of their society) before the game starts in a FIDE tournament or during a FIDE match (and does not do it after being asked to do so by the arbiter) or deliberately insults his/her opponent or the officials of the event, will immediately and finally lose the relevant game."
When i begin a new game i press "Hello" button, i consider it a courtesy, nothing more nothing less. Most of the time i receive a greeting in return, but more and more i encounter people who don't do that.
Handshake is a part of the rules of chess. If you are offered it, you must respond or forfeit the game. Unfortunately lichess doesn't implement automatic forfeit for such a thing, but every so often i simply sit there and wait to see if an individual will greet me or not. Eventually most of them just abort the game.
When i begin a new game i press "Hello" button, i consider it a courtesy, nothing more nothing less. Most of the time i receive a greeting in return, but more and more i encounter people who don't do that.
Handshake is a part of the rules of chess. If you are offered it, you must respond or forfeit the game. Unfortunately lichess doesn't implement automatic forfeit for such a thing, but every so often i simply sit there and wait to see if an individual will greet me or not. Eventually most of them just abort the game.