I share maybe a bizarre concept that draw offers should be "fair". E.g. a completely drawish position in which neither player can see a chance to progress. Or an unbalanced position which is risky for both players (e.g. one player has a better position but is struggling in time trouble) and neither player wants to take the risk.
Nothing irritates me as much as a lower rated player offering me a draw because they simply don't understand that the position is worse, maybe even losing for them. Ah, there is something that irritates me more: when the position gets even worse for my opponent and they still offer me the draw the second or even the third time...
Because of that, when I am the lower rated player I usually don't offer draws. Either I could be wrong about the position and make a fool out of myself or my position would be so much better that it wouldn't make sense to offer a draw. When higher rated players offer draw to me, I don't mind accepting it if I don't consider my chances as being better.
When I am the higher rated player I am willing to offer a draw if I consider the position to be equal and I have no idea how to progress. This however happens rarely because in equal positions I usually have much better ideas than in positions better for me ;-).
I would say that out of my most recent 10 draw offers, only 1 came from me and the other 9 from my opponents.
I see this all the time as well. Lower rated players who offer draws in positions they little understanding of the position or if the opening did not go the way they anticipated. This is less frequent if both players are past the 1500 level or so.
I share maybe a bizarre concept that draw offers should be "fair". E.g. a completely drawish position in which neither player can see a chance to progress. Or an unbalanced position which is risky for both players (e.g. one player has a better position but is struggling in time trouble) and neither player wants to take the risk.
Nothing irritates me as much as a lower rated player offering me a draw because they simply don't understand that the position is worse, maybe even losing for them. Ah, there is something that irritates me more: when the position gets even worse for my opponent and they still offer me the draw the second or even the third time...
Because of that, when I am the lower rated player I usually don't offer draws. Either I could be wrong about the position and make a fool out of myself or my position would be so much better that it wouldn't make sense to offer a draw. When higher rated players offer draw to me, I don't mind accepting it if I don't consider my chances as being better.
When I am the higher rated player I am willing to offer a draw if I consider the position to be equal and I have no idea how to progress. This however happens rarely because in equal positions I usually have much better ideas than in positions better for me ;-).
I would say that out of my most recent 10 draw offers, only 1 came from me and the other 9 from my opponents.
I see this all the time as well. Lower rated players who offer draws in positions they little understanding of the position or if the opening did not go the way they anticipated. This is less frequent if both players are past the 1500 level or so.
Unless it's a dead draw I usually play on. As NM Heisman said, you learn nothing from a draw
Indeed. It is in the rules. A gentlemen at my club gave me a screenshot of the rule in the book.
It does read like this in the newer version but it’s very similar. Thanks Jim.