Originally posted by meanmicro
yes thats the one ,and it means technically they have a bye in the first round .
now if we all did that the second round would become the first, if you are not going to play fairly in a torny why bother at all???

In chess you're looking for a way to at least not lose

If your opponent is generous enough to give you that draw immediately, why not take it

After e4 c6, it's a forced draw.

In an OTB tourney, the director could require them to continue to play, yes?

Originally posted by Maxacre42
After e4 c6, it's a forced draw.

Originally posted by meanmicro
is it not wrong for 2 players to agree a draw in both games in a torny after only 1 move?????

Originally posted by SwissGambit
...you're supposed to play 12-15 lackluster moves and only then agree to the draw.

I recall a thread about this on here ages ago.

Two players (2nd and 3rd graded) in a big tourney took a quick draw to
save themselves.

Anyone remenber it, I wonder how they got on?

Originally posted by MontyMoose
My exact strategy for most of my games. But when I offer the draw at that point, my opponents laugh and point out I'm a knight and pawn down. 😳 :'(

Originally posted by greenpawn34
I recall a thread about this on here ages ago.

Two players (2nd and 3rd graded) in a big tourney took a quick draw to
save themselves.

Anyone remenber it, I wonder how they got on?

I agree, its unsportsmanlike. We have a precedent in real life: Miles vs Reuben

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Miles

"Once, in the last round of a tournament (Luton, UK, 1975), with Miles needing a draw for first place, and his opponent, Stewart Reuben wanting a draw for a high placing, he agreed a draw without playing any moves. The arbiter decided to give both players no points for this non-game; the players claimed this "game" had been played often, when players pre-arranged a draw - this was the only time it had been scored correctly, rather than playing out some anodyne non-moves. This sparked a hefty amount of correspondence in British chess journals."


However, its not uncommon in real life since there are no black and white pieces. Just grey outcomes

I've only had one pre-arranged draw, when my opponent and I moved our knights in and out, thus repeating the starting position three times. In another tournament, my opponent (who was rated 400 points higher than me) offered a draw after 3 moves (which I accepted), but in that case it was not pre-arranged.