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Martin_Stahl
penyfanman wrote:

Some very bad players on this app was winning hands down and he stopped his clock to win the game remember this name
[removed -- MS] french player don’t play him he is a cheat!!!!

 

Your opponent can't impact your connection at all. There is a known bug in the previous iOS app; there is an updated app that came out yesterday, so you should update if you haven't already.

mikkilchess

Martin_Stahl,

Can you advise on (i) how to force an update, as I've tried deleting/installing to get latest version, and still get problems ? (ii) I've had - frozen clocks (both players), moving clock- mine - but could not move piece, moving clock  - opponent's  - and he/she could not move piece, and able to chat all the time i.e. if it's wifi, I should not be able to chat. I've worked in IT and it smells like programming problems, possibly network related e.g. 12,000 games running on a system which can handle 10,000 i.e. it misses out on polling your game, because other games are more active etc.

GeirSundet

Had same problem. On an iphone. Sometimes I see my clock keep moving although I have made the move. Other times both clocks not moving. Either way I end up loosing on time or abandonment. Happened three times the last few days

RJ-Steve

This just happened to me so still an issue even now. On PC, had mate in 4, opponent stopped making moves, I went to analyse after and play through the mate and saw it say I lost due to abandonment!

https://www.chess.com/game/live/65415641413
 Apparently my queen to d8 move didn't register

leeevaaai

Worst thing ever , still not fixed, it is not even showing you are disconnected if it is the case

burlg

I had the same issue the oppenent could not move and the time ran down to 5 seconds then they moved. Their left over seconds changed to my available time instead of theirs. Systemic?

Martin_Stahl
burlg wrote:

I had the same issue the oppenent could not move and the time ran down to 5 seconds then they moved. Their left over seconds changed to my available time instead of theirs. Systemic?

You got disconnected from the live server.

https://support.chess.com/en/articles/8584209-how-do-i-fix-my-disconnect-lag-issues

Apanch
Martin….this is not a disconnect. Too many people are having the same issue.