12-10-2012, 01:59 PM
I notice those who disagreed with my suggestion that offering a draw when your position is worse is 'bad form' are all up and coming young whippersnappers. =) In my, more genteel, day chess was a game for gentlemen (that's probably my rose tinted specs) and good sportsmanship was important (that too). Offering a draw when one believed one was losing, or even just worse, was not a gentlemanly way to try to salvage half a point. If you think you are worse but believe your opponent can't win, prove it over the board, or leave it to him to offer the draw.