Rematch or not? a question of fairplay?

An Indian chess world champion viswanathan anand said if you want a rematch (revenge) go for it! Fine but too many people only play one game only (and play someone ealse instead). This prevents having a second chance or even go until a tie breaker game, which is fun.

You've been on the site since 2011, and you're seriously asking this question now?

Many people refuse a second game and play with someone else? isn't it unfair since it prevents a rematch and a vengeance as said Anand viswanathan , we should go for it!

this is your second thread about the exact same topic & the answer is still no. stop whining about people not giving you a rematch.

Don't take your loss so seriously. Your opponent may play at work (like I often do) or just to spend 20 minutes waiting in the line. Your desire for revenge is your problem and you'll lose 50% of your games anyway.

Yes. You've already been told, in the other thread.

Is it unfair? Again, no. It's played with two people. Your opponent is free to decide whether to continue playing with you or not. In any case you can play immediately with thousands of other people.

You have the urge for vengeance, others don't. And they are not required to give satisfaction to your urge. You have to deal with it.

chill I’m a person that accepts rematches but id not rematch anyone. other people have the right to decline a rematch so don’t force them to accept it

agreed

@BenjaminTD6 I fully agree, the problem is with players who keep on playing with someone else, it is so nice to play rematch and maybe a third one to define who played the best. This is the spirit of chess, at least the original spirit...

one game and gone playing with another player, a classic. I wonder if it is the same on Lichess.org or sparkchess;com or others? your inputs please.

I have been on chess.com for 13 years, it is getting worse, more one game and gone for another player whereas the spirit of chess, according to Anand, Indian world champion he favors rematch or revenge as he puts it.

the point is, no one has to follow that spirit. chess is all about strategy, and there is no spirit to it. sure, rematches give you one more chance, but sometimes people don’t want to give you that chance. you don’t always have to force someone to a rematch so you can win.

Round robin and swiss tournaments exist, are they not in the "true spirit" of chess?

For a (online) rematch to me it depends on many things, if I'm in the mood/have the time/have played enough that day, if I played on eboard and want to rush setting up all the pieces again in a matter of seconds, if the opponent was unpleasant... sometimes I accept, other times I don't, I have no general policy on accepting/refusing rematches. I have never requested a rematch though, I usually analyze my game right after it happened.

To me the spirit of the game is: have fun playing or don't play. If you want to play somebody play them, if you don't then don't, no matter if it's a rematch or not.

What's interesting about this thread is that the OP brings it up, on a regular basis, every 12 days, repeating exactly the same thing.

It's like a periodic comet, that always appears the same as itself. The next transit should be around October 6th.

This is a different comet

If I win I never give someone a rematch, they always cheat.

By the time you request a rematch, I'm playing another game. Although I think it's a tad rude to win, and then request a rematch. Makes you look like a shitstick

well Fair play and friendliness can be developped by playing more than once against a fair player, which is becoming rare, isn't it? many use computer-assited moves

The spirit of chess, according to Anand, Indian world champion is to favors rematch or revenge as he puts it. So let's allow for rematches to meke chess.com a even friendlier place. @erik