Losing on time is total BS
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How can this be? I played white and was +19 with 3:38 left on the game clock (10 minutes). We were both moving quickly. Then boom - I got the box saying black won on time???? This same scenario has happened to me enough that my rapid rating has dropped from over 1000 3 weeks ago to a little over 530 tonight. Honestly, I don’t see any point in doing this anymore. At least if I only play against the computer I get an an honest result. Can anyone tell me what is going on?
You have to look at your own clock. If your clock goes to 0 before your opponent you lose. The goal is to either checkmate your opponent before your own 10 minutes is up or stay alive until your opponents clock strikes 0
i peeked at the game and, at the end of the day, you needed to execute a forced mate with little clock
it happens
work on checkmating patterns specifically as your tactics training
once you get those patterns down you will be able to execute with very little clock
go over the games you lost and find the mating patterns or winning finishes in those games
it happens
work on checkmating patterns specifically as your tactics training
once you get those patterns down you will be able to execute with very little clock
go over the games you lost and find the mating patterns or winning finishes in those games
also- 10 min games are notorious for this
it “feels like” rapid but the time drains fast
play some 15/10’s or longer to work out converting wins with more clock
it “feels like” rapid but the time drains fast
play some 15/10’s or longer to work out converting wins with more clock
Jan 1, 2021
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Tottsbrut wrote:
How can this be? I played white and was +19 with 3:38 left on the game clock (10 minutes). We were both moving quickly. Then boom - I got the box saying black won on time???? This same scenario has happened to me enough that my rapid rating has dropped from over 1000 3 weeks ago to a little over 530 tonight. Honestly, I don’t see any point in doing this anymore. At least if I only play against the computer I get an an honest result. Can anyone tell me what is going on?
You had already used 6 1/2 minutes (that's 3:30 left on your clock) by move 16. It's right there in the game score... add up the times. It was already obvious by that point that you were going to lose on time unless you quickly found a mate.
If you don't like the idea of losing on time while you are winning on the board, you have two (three) options:
1. move faster
2. play your games to a slower time control
( 3. Complain about it in the forum )
I’m pretty sure it was your opponent that had 3:38 on the clock, your clock is the one on the bottom of your screen.
Thanks for the input — it would have helped if I had been watching the correct clock instead of the one on the upper right - duh.... I am new to this, and new to the technology as well. I’ll figure the technology out and that will do away with most of the frustration. Thanks again!
