The problem of Children on Chess.com

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navinashok


A 30 Minute Game against this guy was the most depressing thing ever.

[Edited: make sure to remove all identifying information for other player before posting - DB]

colecollector
good thing you censored his name, now I will never be able to find his account :(
colecollector
why even play 30 minute games when you only use 7 mins. Just play 10 minute
IanShawDulin

Are there any parental controls on this site? There should be. Like allowing them to play without communicating with strangers? If I had children, I wouldn't want them chatting with anyone, at least until they reach a certain age. Anyway, I though that was gonna be what this thread was about, lol.

piedraven

It's not a problem, you're free to ignore them if they annoy you. IDK it just doesn't seem like a good idea to take a learning tool away from child players. If we want more Magnus Carlsens later then kids need to play chess now.

littlemarshmallow

I'm a kid and I don't play video games or 30 min so I'm fine to play chess. I also have good sense. (For instance, I said I'm "a kid" and didn't say my age)

navinashok
colecollector wrote:
good thing you censored his name, now I will never be able to find his account :(

lol that was my first idea until i wanted to rat him out.

exceptionalfork

This isn't only a thing kids do... well, I'm assuming your opponent was a kid, but kids aren't the only ones that stall or be annoying in chat. Adults do that sometimes too.

GZPP_100
colecollector wrote:
good thing you censored his name, now I will never be able to find his account :(

yeah !!

what is even use of chat

navinashok

The time went down all the way to zero seconds for him.

mirroredragon
IanShawDulin wrote:

Are there any parental controls on this site? There should be. Like allowing them to play without communicating with strangers? If I had children, I wouldn't want them chatting with anyone, at least until they reach a certain age. Anyway, I though that was gonna be what this thread was about, lol.

chesskid is an option if you want to limit a childs exposure

navinashok
mirroredragon wrote:
IanShawDulin wrote:

Are there any parental controls on this site? There should be. Like allowing them to play without communicating with strangers? If I had children, I wouldn't want them chatting with anyone, at least until they reach a certain age. Anyway, I though that was gonna be what this thread was about, lol.

chesskid is an option if you want to limit a childs exposure

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navinashok
ehm42 wrote:

Also, what’s the point of playing such long time controls and using only 7 minutes of the clock? Go play normal rapid then!

ay it was only 75 moves, and the flexibility of 30 minutes is great because i have a tournament coming up.

GZPP_100
ehm42 wrote:

I’m a kid too! However, I’m not like all the other kids on this site! I hate how immature people act. It’s so annoying. There’s this kid who owns a 1200-member club and has to “shout” every hour to keep the notes active. As if it isn’t already stupidly active!

lol shing smiles

paper_llama

@navinashok

You're a diamond member. You can play multiple games at the same time.

And for those who can't, you should know this happens... open other tabs and do other things when they start stalling. Maybe you could start a game on lichess or example.

navinashok
paper_llama wrote:

@navinashok

You're a diamond member. You can play multiple games at the same time.

And for those who can't, you should know this happens... open other tabs and do other things when they start stalling. Maybe you could start a game on lichess or example.

thing is i get so into the other game (ive done it before) i completely forget about the staller and he just makes a move and i lose. I should try being proactive.

Cobra2721
littlemarshmallow wrote:

I'm a kid and I don't play video games or 30 min so I'm fine to play chess. I also have good sense. (For instance, I said I'm "a kid" and didn't say my age)

What does it matter if somebody knows ur age 💀💀 Im 14 now try to find my location

DarkAngelQueen
I’m a kid tho
DarkAngelQueen
Wow
DarkAngelQueen
There are parental controls