I was just wanting to find out how people react to hanging one of their pieces.  If you lose your queen early, do you resign right away or fight on?  What about a rook?  My tendancy is to fight because I know that all is takes is one blunder to get back in it.  The earlier it is in the game, the better my chances at recovering of course.  So, how about you?

i think fightin on is fine unless you are playing some one rated very high i think over 2000 or 2100 to play on is kinda rude it says you dont think they can win it but thats just my feeling

I don't think I have ever hanged a piece like that.  It's probably worth playing on though, it's just a game and you never know what could happen.

I confess Im a resigner! Sometimes even if I blunder a pawn with no compensation I resign at least 90% of the times, th times I do not is when Iam not really concerned with the game at all or just throwing my pieces away because Iam bored. In bullet obviously I never resign :) And most of the times in blitz I do not resign also except in simple positions when my opponent as more then 30s on the clock

Resign against an equal or better opponent; my opponents can win a queen- or rook-up game unless there's some pretty amazing positional compensation for it. But then, I usually examine CHECKS or CAPTURES so this doesn't happen all that much.

I resigned against an IM yesterday only one pawn down.

A Queen or a Rook I resign. A piece, it depends on the game and position. If I think I can generate an attack against my opponents' King I will play on.

I will usually resign if my Queen is taken too early... Rooks? I will not resign because I personally like Knights and Bishops over them.

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i can't live with myself after i hang a piece, so i just resign. (unless i can get an advantage somehow)

I haven't hanged a piece in awhile, but I don't resign unless we're down to an endgame where the win is obvious enough that I think my opponent will have no trouble seeing it.  My problem recently has been walking into simple mates-in-2 or 3 when a Rook or more up:(

I don't normally resign.

Mistakes happen, but it is a game . Every situation offers an opportunity to learn and become better.

Sometimes you have to know when to resign, to a stronger opponent, say. But at other times you just have to judge it right. Take a look at this link it's a game where I was forced to give my Queen for a Rook, I considered resigning, but instead played on, see what happened;

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/game-analysis/who-needs-a-queen-anyway

I don't hang piece, I put them in line of capture.....I take 2 percocets and call my doc the next day....

I only resign if I don't have any counterplay or initiative....

It's not rude to think that a human player can make a mistake; even if that player is 2100 or more. I have seen many games where even Grandmasters make mistakes, so if I am only down a piece or a Rook, then I will keep fighting for sure. If I'm down the Queen, then it depends on the board. If I can make a strong attack on the King with a good chance of success, then losing my Queen doesn't bother me at all. If I have no obvious advantage, then I will put up the best resistance I can until I see no further prospects; and only then resign.

I think it's rude to expect a player to resign simply because he has lost material. This indicates a lack of faith in his defensive ability, and means that you will be overconfident. Remember that overconfidence has been the downfall of many players much better than you, and your opponent might just have a trick or two up his sleeve.

Besides, what kind of chess player are you if you resign every time you lose a piece? Don't be a coward: Keep fighting!

Yeah, fight the power!

I never resign, if I lose my queen, I adopt strong defensive play focusing his queen and rarely fails, although this deppends of the type of player you are playing against and the move freedom of the other pieces...

If the word Patzer figures into your game then by all means play on folks.

I'm new to chess, but I have never resigned (it's my Scandinavian pride, I guess).  Is that disrespectful?  I've always been taught to fight to the whistle.  But I don't know a lot about chess.

all i have to say is that it depends on each case.. if i lose a queen, especially against a stonger or equal opponent, i'll resign.. especially if it's in the middlegame.. that's where i think queens are most useful..if it's another piece, i'll just play on and will only resign later if the position is really lost and there's no way turning it around..

btw, nice win scarjo.. ;) you certainly were helped by blunders and mistakes by the opponent, but still a brilliant game to take advantage of that for a quick win.. :)

dam blunders,