I experience similar frustration. I'm not sure, but it seems that for the "last game" if there is not enough arena time the game is aborted and doesn't count. But there doesn't seem to be a penalty if the losing player aborts the game in that time-frame.
What I tend to do is just not play the last game. I don't know if it's a good strategy, but I find myself less frustrated.
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What I have been doing near the end of an arena tournament is
I'm always here playing in chess. Com but there are some opponents I play that they are not playing fairly...they are cheating on the clock...my rating reach already to 1800 but now only 1600 because of this cheaters I always lose on time my time is so fast but the opponents time is slow...there is anyway we can banned this cheating players...please help me chess.com...
I'm always here playing in chess. Com but there are some opponents I play that they are not playing fairly...they are cheating on the clock...my rating reach already to 1800 but now only 1600 because of this cheaters I always lose on time my time is so fast but the opponents time is slow...there is anyway we can banned this cheating players...please help me chess.com...
Wrong thread. This thread is a different issue.
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In the game in the original post, I sacrificed a knight to rip open access to my opponent’s king. At that moment in the game, my opponent’s clock had about one minute less than remained in Arena. He played in such a manner that I expended a minute finding my moves, effectively leveling his own clock with Arena’s remaining time.
He sacrificed several pieces in a manner that made it harder for me to finish at bullet speed.
He knew what he was doing and the result—an aborted game—is a testament to his skill as well as this Arena feature.
When Arena is near ending, players may opt to abort the game by not moving so long as they have enough time. This opponent had 1.4 seconds left when Arena ended. I had premoved my last two moves when there were five minutes left, but I knew that it would be close.
I'm not sure that I'm complaining. I've benefitted from this feature in similar circumstances. It is a feature of how chessdotcom designed the site. On another site, games finish but no longer count towards the Arena score. That means that you are stuck in the game until you resign or finish another way. You cannot join another game or event.
Chessdotcom made a choice. We live with it.
But, when a player has premoved checkmate, ...