People Who Run Away After 1 Win

People who refuse to play ONE rematch are bad sports. After I win a game, I am ALWAYS happy to play AT LEAST ONE rematch if a person asks me for a rematch. But unfortunately, there are A LOT of bad sports who are not willing to show you the same courtesy. When you ask for ONE rematch, they quickly disappear like a thief in the night. They can make whatever excuses they want ("It's my right to decline a rematch" etc.) but the bottom line is, they're a bad sport and the real reason they run away from you is because they know you're a better player than them and they're afraid of losing. Any chess player who is worth his salt will never be afraid of playing ONE rematch.

This is why my favorite chess.com username is NM NoRematch...

What a unique thread!  I'm surprised no one has thought to write about this before.

What a surprise. Here are some bad sports commenting this thread now. Instead of having an intelligent, expletive-free discussion about the topic, they throw insults to try to defend their poor sportsmanship but it's not working.

If it was good no way you can just taste it once!

Have to have 2nd's after a good meal.

Congratulations on your title!

i think offering rematches to an unknown player is petty minded anyway.who cares and more over why would you care.

@Super, what time control? I usually play 45/45, so that is a big time commitment. Maybe your opponent had to sleep or go to work?

I don't decline rematches. I ignore them while starting another game with another random opponent with another funny name that was self-created.

I do decline rematches if they pop-up after I've moved on to the forums because threads like this one are far more deserving of my attention than some loser who wants to lose to me again.

When folks are below 1600, they should be happy that I agreed to play them in the first place. However, if I lose to a low rated player, he or she owes me enough rematches to get back every single lost rating point.

Only thing worse would be getting a kiss on the chech

and hearing your so sweet after the first date.

I always have time4tea, but not always time4arematch ...

What makes you think you're entitled to a rematch?  You consider yourself superior, so it's obviously a mistake that you lost and you demand to rectify it?

Always the same attitude from the re-matchers.  Do you know that someone exactly like you starts a thread like this every 1-2 weeks?  Go read one.  You'll be embarrassed by the end of it.

Although with that ridiculous username, chances are just as high you are a forum troll trying to stir up trouble because you have nothing better to do with your time...

Your opponents must feel so used.....

You play and then leave.

I ignore all rematch offers unless the person says "gg" or something similar.  To just send a rematch request after losing without saying anything is rude, and I don't like to play against rude people.

 I barely ever ask for rematches, and when I do, it's because I was playing someone weaker and I feel like their win was a fluke. So that's basically the message of a rematch request to me, "I think your win was a fluke", so it's already kind of rude to ask for one and when you put not saying "gg" on top of it, that pretty much ensures those peoples' rematch requests will be ignored by me. The winner of a chess game doesn't owe the loser anything and it would be best if you desire a rematch to ask for it politely.

 After giving them a free chess lesson, it it any surprise that they want more? And that you will decline without monetary compensation.

Maybe they just dont have time?

What if the winner is the one asking for a rematch?  What is the etiquette there?

People who post threads that begin to the effect of "People who refuse to play ONE rematch are bad sports." are tiresome

+1

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Without knowing the reason why the player is declining the rematch, I do not believe it is anyone's right to accuse them of being a direspectful, rude or incompetent player.

Many times when I play a game, it is because I only have enough time to play ONE game. I play most of my games when I'm waiting for something. I don't have enough time for a second game and until recently I played primarily on my phone. Quickly typing something out on the phone can be a little tough sometimes.

On another note, I will say that the iPhone app is terribly bad for anything faster than standard. I've had massive issues with disconnections (while using wi-fi or having 4-5 bars), the server not receiving the move and I lose on time AFTER it shows me the opponent has lost on time, picking a piece up and not being able to drop is ANYWHERE (including legal moves) causing a game loss, etc. 

On the computer though, very nice java applet. Very well done.