Chessbase's playing platform, Playchess, cheated again.
Today, it robbed 30 points of my ELO.
It is interesting to note that it always happens then and only then when I have reached the top 5 or 10 on the list of current-day players.
Today, in my rapid game Nanomaster—Sd75, I had white pieces. I suddenly couldn't make a move, and the system announced that my opponent had left the game and was playing another one.
Do I really have to wait politely? It is a rapid game that was interrupted.
Earlier today, the server was down for a while.
After approximately 5 minutes, I tried different buttons on Playchess, like "Refresh", etc.
Suddenly, Playchess declared I had lost a game because my opponent CLAIMED I had disconnected the game.
At the same time, I had a perfect internet connection, but I was technically unable to press the "Claim win" or "Abort" buttons.
It was technically impossible to report the problem. As always, the "Help" button gave an error message.
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| According to Playchess, my opponent closed the game and, therefore, I lost the game! |
In a 15-minute game, I had used 5 minutes, and 10 minutes were left. I was not thinking about my last move for more than 2 minutes.
Tell me, how could my opponent start a new game and make an official complaint if I had been disconnected for only two minutes?! What normal person would complain if the opponent was disconnected for only one minute?
Please explain how I could have been disconnected if my clock was running and Playchess was able to send me messages that my opponent started a new game, that my opponent made a complaint, and that the arbiter ascribed me a loss?
You are cheaters, Chessbase and your Playchess!
Despite paying for the service for one year, I will no longer play a single game on Playchess.
