Norwegian player DTHG lost this 3 minute blitz game at ICC by exactly 0.1 seconds. Yes, chess fans, he lost by one tenth of second in a contest which is a dead draw in longer time controls.
As you can see from the score sheet in the diagram below, White shuttled his King back and forth around the passed a4 pawn while avoiding three fold repetition of the position and exploiting the fact the beleaguered jugadore did not have enough time on his clock to claim the obvious draw.
White had enjoyed an overwhelming initiative in the middle only let the blitz addict from Norway back in the game, so the method of victory was completely justified. In blitz, the only morality is the clock!! Fascinating that clock and COCK rhyme don't you think?! To hell with all you whiners who offer draws when you only have 5 seconds and your opponent over a minute. YOU LOSE because of your time mismanagement and clumsy lack of coordination with mouse slips.
Note that Benu Varghese seems to agree that etiquette has no place in online bullet chess where time expiration is the sole determinant of who wins the cerebral struggle.
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