Lost a 5/5 Blitz game this morning after 4 moves each. Dropped the connection, wouldn't re-connect & timed me out!!
This is so annoying. I have had issues with dropped connection many times on this site, the most annoying was a Blitz game where it dropped the connection when my next move was an unstoppable checkmate! Grrrrrr!!
Solve the lag problem, chess.com
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May 11, 2023
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#82
2023 and still losing so much time because of other player's pings. From stealing 16 seconds off my clock to refusing to premove with while seconds still on the clock. Chess.com is a trash app
I've been playing quite sometime now on several machines and locations. Sometimes it works great, sometimes really bad. I stop when it's bad. But I've noticed someting new in the last few weeks. My last second(s) dissappear /changes instantly to 0 sec. after my opponent makes his/her move and I loose the game. Strange. Other sites are better I agree but chess.com is more fun when it works. Be patient, take the losses, your rating keeps often quite stable.
Jul 2, 2023
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#85
1. Is there a way of ascertaining whether it's chess.com's servers rather than the user's own wi-fi that is responsible for dropped connections?
2. What lag is deemed to be accepatable? I seem to lose a lot of games where I get timed out 1 second or so AFTER I make my move.
3. How can you ascertain the lag for each of your moves?
4. Why doesn't chess.com (or even Mr McGleason, he kindly often responds on other threads) ever reply to the points raised in this thread ?
wba4rsj wrote:
1. Is there a way of ascertaining whether it's chess.com's servers rather than the user's own wi-fi that is responsible for dropped connections?
2. What lag is deemed to be accepatable? I seem to lose a lot of games where I get timed out 1 second or so AFTER I make my move.
3. How can you ascertain the lag for each of your moves?
4. Why doesn't chess.com (or even Mr McGleason, he kindly often responds on other threads) ever reply to the points raised in this thread ?
I don't know the exact reason, but I do know they have politely answered this same question many, many, many times before.
Jul 5, 2023
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#87
Thanks for the reply IfPatriotGames. Could you show me where I can find any of their answers please?
Jul 6, 2023
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#88
wba4rsj wrote:
1. Is there a way of ascertaining whether it's chess.com's servers rather than the user's own wi-fi that is responsible for dropped connections?
2. What lag is deemed to be accepatable? I seem to lose a lot of games where I get timed out 1 second or so AFTER I make my move.
3. How can you ascertain the lag for each of your moves?
4. Why doesn't chess.com (or even Mr McGleason, he kindly often responds on other threads) ever reply to the points raised in this thread ?
These may help with any connection/lag issues:
https://support.chess.com/article/4720-online-chess-performance-optimizations
https://support.chess.com/article/213-how-do-i-fix-my-disconnect-lag-issues
This explains how the site handles lag:
https://support.chess.com/article/423-why-did-the-clock-times-suddenly-change-the-clocks-seem-broken
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/site-feedback/wrong-wrong-wrong
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#justiceforemrald
hi.. why i only can watch once, top player. then cant.. it is about lag? pls solve the problem? tq
Diakonia wrote:
All i play are unrated 2/1 games, and have not had a problem with this lag people keep talking about?
well done you. Pointless comment
Yeah I pre moved 17 moves and was down to 43 second well my opponent had 49 how does this make sense and don’t say my internet I have 3 gigs down load and upload speed you need to fix this problem or screw this app and I’ll play lichess
I just lost a game due to disconnect, I have a completely stable connection, fix your site!!!!