Banned

I left a game early and it now says I haven't obeyed the fair play policy. i didn't realise it would do that as I just thought it would be the equivalent of retiring.

It tells me I have to play new games, but obviously that is impossible if I'm not allowed to invite anyone to another game. Great logic, to whoever thought of that.

Obviously I'm not going to break this rule again because I enjoy this website very much, so what can I do to repeal the ban?

http://support.chess.com/Knowledgebase/Article/View/171/0/fair-play-policy

"... You will still be able to play games with friends or accept direct challenges ... "

As you indicate it seems to be a lifetime ban.

With luck there will soon be people here to play  http://www.chess.com/groups/home/fair-play-transgressor-rehabilitation-centre

If you play a number of games with your friends without violating the policy, you'll be able to play regularly again.

Thanks but there is no way of playing friends, because I've only just joined and I don't have any. This is just a ridiculous rule, there was no warning whatsoever.

Would any of you like a game?

Thanks for the speedy replies by the way!

I have checked your game archive and you haven't done that only once, but several times. And there are also games that you have resigned, so you do know there's something called "resignation."

Abandoning a game makes your opponent wait for a while and waste time, because the system thinks you might have had a temporary disconnection problem and might come back to finish the game.

In short, that is not a ridiculous rule. If anything, it's a very forgiving one.

That is unbelievable. I have only just started playing on this website, and never received a single warning. It would be a fine rule, but I didn't have a clue what I was doing wrong. How on earth is it forgiving? If I don't have any friends, how am I supposed to get back to playing normally? I have to add people, message them to ask me for a game or what? even then I'm not allowed to accept the invitation. How do I correct this? and don't give me the same useless answer please.

Learn the rules.  Appeal to a moderator.  Hope for a second chance.

+1

Imagine you are sitting in a chess club, playing chess with another member.

A position arises not to your liking, so you get up, without explanation, leave the room and go home.

That's rude, no other word for it.

Of course, few people would behave this way in person but on the internet it is prevalent.

It seems the all too common credo is "no face, no manners".

I would say it's very forgiving as opposed to permanent IP banning. Abandoning games, letting your clock run out in a lost position etc. ruined a lot of people's live chess experience for years. Anyways.

Are you sure you're not allowed to accept the invitation? you should be able to accept direct challenges.

Try this:

Once you add someone to your friends list, go to live chess. Click on the "friends tab" in the low right window. If there's an online friend, challenge them to a game. You should be allowed to do that.

It's not a lifetime ban. It's lifted when the disconnect/leave-your-opponent-hanging % drops back below the maximum tolerated.

http://support.chess.com/Knowledgebase/Article/View/171/0/fair-play-policy

Fynch101, you were running the clock down solely to be an a**hole, knowing the other person would be forced to sit there and wait for your time to expire (or risk losing the game if you did make a move just before your time expired and they were not paying attention).

The rule was designed for people like you, and it worked. Hurray!

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For a new person it is a lifetime ban, unless they figure out they can friend request any and all they see in live chess ... until everyone in live chess disallows friend requests.

Indeed. It is your responsibility to supply a worthy connection up to the demands of Live Chess.

U mad bro? Maybe if it seemed like you even read my first post I'd consider what you were saying.

Congratulations. "U mad bro" just destroyed the last bit of credibility you had.

@Fynch101: I regret that you have encountered such difficulties so soon into your Chess.com career. How many years' chess experience do you have?

Not mad at all, Fynch. I'm actually very happy. Justice was served, which doesn't happen often enough.

I did read your post where you said you "left a game early". None of us are stupid enough to believe that you innocently left *multiples games* without resigning, not realizing that the other player would have to sit there until your clock expired in their won game. You did it out of spite because you are a poor loser.