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Is this the way Hand Shakes mean?

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SinghPB11
I read Somewhere this- "For those Who dont know 1. If it is Your turn, but You not make any move, but, offer shake hand = You offer draw, it is up to your opponent to accept it or not.. 2. If it is not your turn, and you offer shake hand = You resign and accept loss." Is this the way to correctly interpret it? or something else lurks under the cover.
snoozyman

I think so, but sometimes one person offers a shake and the other offers a fist bump, making the situation awkward. 

Wits-end
snoozyman wrote:

I think so, but sometimes one person offers a shake and the other offers a fist bump, making the situation awkward. 

Then it became the “elbow bump.”

Martin_Stahl
SinghPB11 wrote:
I read Somewhere this- "For those Who dont know 1. If it is Your turn, but You not make any move, but, offer shake hand = You offer draw, it is up to your opponent to accept it or not.. 2. If it is not your turn, and you offer shake hand = You resign and accept loss." Is this the way to correctly interpret it? or something else lurks under the cover.

 

You should never rely on handshakes for anything. If someone offers a handshake, without either offering a draw, or saying they resign, regardless of whose turn it is, you need to clarify the situation.

 

zone_chess

You can make clear if it's a draw or resignation by the type of handshake. I mean, the resignation one is done firmly and the other more askingly. But yes, your turn determines it.

magipi
SinghPB11 wrote:
I read Somewhere this- "For those Who dont know 1. If it is Your turn, but You not make any move, but, offer shake hand = You offer draw, it is up to your opponent to accept it or not.. 2. If it is not your turn, and you offer shake hand = You resign and accept loss." Is this the way to correctly interpret it? or something else lurks under the cover.

I don't know where you read that, but that sounds utterly bizarre. If your opponent starts thinking to accept the offer or not, then what? Do you continue to sit there with your hand extended, looking like a fool?

The correct way to offer a draw is this: you offer a draw (in words), then you make a move, then hit the clock. Now your opponent can think as much as he wants whether to take the draw or not, but at least it is his/her clock that is ticking.

Splasmer

No, it's not like that. If you want to resign it should be your turn and you have to turn off the clock and shake hands with your opponent to resign.And to offer a draw you don't turn off the clock and offer a handshake. I've read it on a chess.com blog.