is it bad to play with only your king left ?

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Flaze07

I had played this match with only 1 king left, and it ended up with a draw because the opponent ran out of time

do you think it is bad to play like this?

notmtwain
Flaze07 wrote:

I had played this match with only 1 king left, and it ended up with a draw because the opponent ran out of time

do you think it is bad to play like this?

No, it's not bad. It might eventually help teach you and your opponent something about basic endgames.

Who knows?

Flaze07

I see, well, I wonder if the oppobebt is mad since I only got 0.07 seconds left

notmtwain
Flaze07 wrote:

I see, well, I wonder if the oppobebt is mad since I only got 0.07 seconds left

It's possible but it might lead them to take a lesson on how to do a basic king and rook versus king checkmate.

Flaze07

I see, that makes sense, thank you for your help

bloodraven_6666

Also your opponent my stalemate you if it's a queen king ending. So nothing bad at all. 

Using the clock against your opponent is a perfectly legitimate strategy. 

RogalDorn0627

In blitz with no increment, it's fine. If there is increment, don't do it. grin.png BTW your opponent has horrible checkmating technique. If you want to learn from this game, check how to mate with a king and rook fast. Why did your opponent promote to a rook anyway?

jasperperry1

notmtwain wrote:

Flaze07 wrote:

I see, well, I wonder if the oppobebt is mad since I only got 0.07 seconds left

It's possible but it might lead them to take a lesson on how to do a basic king and rook versus king checkmate.

notmtwain wrote: it's possible but it might lead them to take a lesson on how to do a basic king and rook versus king checkmate. This amused me aha

Flaze07

The time were under 10 seconds when they promoted the rook, maybe they misclicked

eric0022
Flaze07 wrote:

The time were under 10 seconds when they promoted the rook, maybe they misclicked

 

Or the opponent was overconfident about performing the checkmate.

Christ_Stark2

maybe, but they're both around 1k - 1.1k, so the time control must have been hard

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