Vive_La_Villa Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 On 22/01/2022 at 22:45, robby b said: Hi Vive La Villa, yes I fancy a game if you still like chess. My username on chess.com is robinb13 Added you mate. My rapid rating is only around 1k though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robby b Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 7 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Added you mate. My rapid rating is only around 1k though. Cheers! Ooh, mine is similar, I think it's 860 something. I tried the rapid game on there for the first time a few days ago with two random people somewhere in the world. But I really didn't understand the point of the 10 minute countdown. Confused. :s I couldn't find an explanation of the rules from chess.com, which was frustrating. I mean, is there a time limit for a move or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 26, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 26, 2022 8 minutes ago, robby b said: Cheers! Ooh, mine is similar, I think it's 860 something. I tried the rapid game on there for the first time a few days ago with two random people somewhere in the world. But I really didn't understand the point of the 10 minute countdown. Confused. :s I couldn't find an explanation of the rules from chess.com, which was frustrating. I mean, is there a time limit for a move or not? There's no time limit for each move but you only get 10 minutes total (there are other versions you can get but 10 minute is pretty common) So every time it's your turn to move, your clock counts down. When you make a move it stops and the other person's clock counts down. If your clock reaches zero you lose. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Yep pretty much as Stevo said. I’m addicted. I play way too much! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robby b Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: There's no time limit for each move but you only get 10 minutes total (there are other versions you can get but 10 minute is pretty common) So every time it's your turn to move, your clock counts down. When you make a move it stops and the other person's clock counts down. If your clock reaches zero you lose. Hi Stevo! Ah, I see, thank you! I guess that explanation must be on chess.com somewhere but I couldn't find it, it's a bit of a labyrinth of a website, I don't find it useful friendly. But what about if I'm winning the game when my clock reaches zero?! That would be a bit unfair... I mean if for example I'm up +4 with the pieces I've taken when my timer reaches zero? Edited January 26, 2022 by robby b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 26, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 26, 2022 24 minutes ago, robby b said: Hi Stevo! Ah, I see, thank you! I guess that explanation must be on chess.com somewhere but I couldn't find it, it's a bit of a labyrinth of a website, I don't find it useful friendly. But what about if I'm winning the game when my clock reaches zero?! That would be a bit unfair... I mean if for example I'm up +4 with the pieces I've taken when my timer reaches zero? You still lose. It's part of the game I'm afraid. Stops people taking all day to make their moves. They might be winning but they've taken too long. The only way you don't lose is if your opponent doesn't have enough material to legally check mate you. So if you run out of time but your opponent only has their king left, the game would be drawn "due to insufficient material". There's no way your opponent could checkmate you with just his king even if you had time left, so it's called as a draw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robby b Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Just now, Stevo985 said: You still lose. It's part of the game I'm afraid. Stops people taking all day to make their moves. They might be winning but they've taken too long. The only way you don't lose is if your opponent doesn't have enough material to legally check mate you. So if you run out of time but your opponent only has their king left, the game would be drawn "due to insufficient material". There's no way your opponent could checkmate you with just his king even if you had time left, so it's called as a draw Wow, so I can't afford to dwell on any moves really, they all need to be quick or quite quick I suppose. I'll go on there now in case you or Vive are free for a game... And BTW, thanks for making me question my understanding of non-organic v organic food today, I've realised that I need to do more and better research into it, especially re. pesticides! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 26, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 26, 2022 1 minute ago, robby b said: Wow, so I can't afford to dwell on any moves really, they all need to be quick or quite quick I suppose. I'll go on there now in case you or Vive are free for a game... And BTW, thanks for making me question my understanding of non-organic v organic food today, I've realised that I need to do more and better research into it, especially re. pesticides! Yeah you can't dwell, hence the name Rapid Chess There are even quicker versions too. Blitz or Bullet. I think Rapid accounts for time limits down to 10 minutes. Blitz is anything between 10 and 3 minutes. and Bullet is anything under 3 minutes. If you have some free time have a look at some bullet chess played by GMs on YouTube. It is absolutely insane. I can't even follow what they're doing, let alone play it myself 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robby b Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 40 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Yep pretty much as Stevo said. I’m addicted. I play way too much! https://play.chess.com/Y6DDs Are you Vive_La_Villa on chess.com too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 26, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 26, 2022 3 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: If you have some free time have a look at some bullet chess played by GMs on YouTube. It is absolutely insane. I can't even follow what they're doing, let alone play it myself 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 2 minutes ago, robby b said: https://play.chess.com/Y6DDs Are you Vive_La_Villa on chess.com too? Vive_la_amo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 3 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robby b Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 5 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: How ??? That really is insane! They must be such geniuses! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robby b Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 6 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Vive_la_amo Added you too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 On 26/01/2022 at 23:50, Stevo985 said: You still lose. It's part of the game I'm afraid. Stops people taking all day to make their moves. They might be winning but they've taken too long. The only way you don't lose is if your opponent doesn't have enough material to legally check mate you. So if you run out of time but your opponent only has their king left, the game would be drawn "due to insufficient material". There's no way your opponent could checkmate you with just his king even if you had time left, so it's called as a draw I got in touch with the mods and they said that if you lose/draw a game that you were ahead of when the time ran out,get in touch with them with the details of who you were playing and explain the situation. BTW.I am PussEKatt on chess.com I am going to add Stevo,robinbab13 and Vive_la_amo as friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 10, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted February 10, 2022 1 minute ago, PussEKatt said: I got in touch with the mods and they said that if you lose/draw a game that you were ahead of when the time ran out,get in touch with them with the details of who you were playing and explain the situation. BTW.I am PussEKatt on chess.com I am going to add Stevo,robinbab13 and Vive_la_amo as friends. Eh? If you run out of time you lose. If running out of time while you were ahead meant you still won you could just run the time down after you win your first piece and you’ve won. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Just went to chess.com and I cant find how to add friends,I saw it once before but I cant find it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 @stevo985.Well I asked the mods because I thought it was unfair ( I had a Queen,a Knight and 4 pawns and white had his King and 1 pawn,yet I lost on time,so I got in touch with the mods and thats what they said ( some guy called Arturo ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 10, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted February 10, 2022 1 hour ago, PussEKatt said: @stevo985.Well I asked the mods because I thought it was unfair ( I had a Queen,a Knight and 4 pawns and white had his King and 1 pawn,yet I lost on time,so I got in touch with the mods and thats what they said ( some guy called Arturo ) That's an odd thing to do. I imagine you got a standard response. They won't do anything about it because there's nothing to do anything about. There's nothing unfair. You ran out of time. That's literally the point of playing a timed game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Yes but I was miles in front,FFS,the other guy didnt have a hope in hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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