@CheerUpChess-Youtube said in #1:
> Now we all know about stalling as bad behaviour, but isn't playing on in a position being DOWN A QUEEN amongst 2000! players pretty much the same?! Why shouldn't such a behaviour be punished aswell? Why in the world would somebody be so rude and not grant the win and only resign when every last bit of hope is lost?
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> I do know WHY they do it - they hope for a blunder out of boredom and lack of concentration and more than often enough it also has happened to me that I started watching youtube, because the game was over decades ago. It is a valid argument to keep on playing in a let's say -2.5 position disadvantage, but not at -7! (in my opinion). Even if you would win it, would you be proud of a win like that? I don't understand how this behaviour is appreciated while stalling is the opposite when the two often clearly are so similar.
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> Now I of course did NOT report the players, as they have not broken any rules. I am just wondering if I am the only one thinking of this being childish and rude and should be stopped in some way as in the end nobody will be playing classical at all when this keeps going.
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> The last game I had was won at move 7. I was a full piece up on move 17. The game ended at move 33. Now it's not about the moves. It's about the time investment. 1 hour instead of 20 minutes. Why? I don't care that I got 99% accuracy at this. My life time is more valuable than a win.
You could get a clue.