Challenges

@padger said
I just play chess and I am not very good at it
That is probably why I continue to play in games where I know I probably cannot win, if the othe player plays to his/her abilities
But there is always the possability that my opponent makes a mistake and I end up winning a game I shouldn't
So until every game becomes won before it has been played I shall carry on
So stick that in your pipe and smoke it

@padger said
I just play chess and I am not very good at it
That is probably why I continue to play in games where I know I probably cannot win, if the othe player plays to his/her abilities
But there is always the possability that my opponent makes a mistake and I end up winning a game I shouldn't
So until every game becomes won before it has been played I shall carry on
So stick that in your pipe and smoke it

@very-rusty said
Another question that most likely will go unanswered.

Say, your down to a King and your opponent has a couple pieces plus 2 connected p's would you still play on? If so what would be your reasoning for doing so?

-VR

there was a story
don't know if it is true
that Bobby Fischer wanted to play on with only kings on the board

@lemondrop said
a chance for a stalemate for one
a timeout win possibility for another
could be a personal thing with the opponent
maybe he is not the type to give up no matter the odds against him are

@very-rusty said
Lemon the odds of a stalemate with a seasoned Clan Player is highly unlikely.

A time out would be more likely but look and see how many timeouts I have against me!

I may make a game last in a nothing game especially if the opponent comes into a forum I am in and demands I move, but I never do that in my Clan games. Always the first move I make is in those games.

I ...[text shortened]... g, when it is actually the person holding up the game that should be held accountable for it.

-VR

@lemondrop said
gobbledygook

@Very-Rusty

Ordinarily I would tend to agree, and for me personally I can't ever remember being in a stalemated game eitherway (and certainly not in correspondence).... however, I did see one of our clan games recently where one player had 2 queens and 2 rooks versus 2 bishops and managed to stalemate 🙂

So if the challenge was still undecided then I could see why someone would play to the end ...

@maxtheminnow said
@Very-Rusty

Ordinarily I would tend to agree, and for me personally I can't ever remember being in a stalemated game eitherway (and certainly not in correspondence).... however, I did see one of our clan games recently where one player had 2 queens and 2 rooks versus 2 bishops and managed to stalemate 🙂

So if the challenge was still undecided then I could see why someone would play to the end ...