Re: Not resigning - worth it?
- From: Amarande <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 11:46:26 -0500
David Richerby wrote:
One should possibly go even further than this.
Not only should one know how to win from the other side but it should be obvious that the opponent knows how to force the win in the time available.
Indeed, this is rather appropriate.
It is especially true in zero-increment blitz, where even having a few seconds over your opponent can lead to you winning almost regardless of what happens. An unfortunate case where this happened to me -
[Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2005.11.24"] [Round "-"] [White "Aurorian"] [Black "guy1000"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "1352"] [BlackElo "1398"] [Opening "Sicilian: Grand Prix attack"] [ECO "B21"] [NIC "VO.07"] [Time "16:24:04"] [TimeControl "300+0"]
1. f4 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 e6 7. Nb5 Bf8 8. e5 a6 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. exd6 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Bf3 Qf6 14. Nc3 h5 15. f5 gxf5 16. Qd2 Nh6 17. Bg5 Qg6 18. Rae1 Ng4 19. Bxg4 hxg4 20. Nd5 Kf8 21. Be7+ Kg8 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Qc3 e5 24. Rxe5 Nxe5 25. Qxe5 Kh6 26. Rxf5 Kg7 27. Ne8+ Kg8 28. Rg5 Rxe8 29. Rxg6+ fxg6 30. Qf6 Rh6 31. Qg5 Kh7 32. Qf6 Rg8 33. Qf7+ Rg7 34. Qe8 Bc6 35. Qf8 g5 36. Qf5+ Rhg6 37. Qf8 b4 38. Bf6 b3 39. Bxg7 Rxg7 40. Qf5+ Kh6 41. Qf6+ Rg6 42. Qf8+ Rg7 43. Qf6+ Kh7 44. Qf5+ Kh8 45. Qf8+ Kh7 {White forfeits on time} 0-1
I clearly don't see it appropriate for Black to -resign- here, as the win does still need to be demonstrated, and as the result shows, White did not have the time to do it.
What IS unsportsmanlike, IMO, is continually refusing draw offers when a player is short on time (and IMO 'insufficient losing chances' - an FIDE criteria for an arbitrated draw were this OTB - does apply for White here - with unlimited time White should be winning this endgame fairly easily ... and in any case the perpetual being attempted here is airtight), basically laughing in their face as they use up the little time remaining to them like someone trapped in a sealed room using up their oxygen by screaming. This is a case where Black won the game only because White had insufficient time to physically make the moves needed to make an automatic (repetition or 50 move) draw, even though the means to draw is clear, and with more time even a win is mostly assured.
Especially on chess servers with 'minmovetime' (which I believe both FICS and ICC have now) - which means that at least a certain amount of time is charged against you per move no matter how fast you move, even if you premove, this dastardly conduct cannot be condoned.
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