I'm just saying.  I hate it when I'm going through a game on the computer and I click for the next move and nothing happens.  I mean, it's not that unusual for my computer to be slow!  So I click again...then check the notation....and by then all the thrilling velocity of the endgame has sputtered away.  Should be something simple, preferably something on the keyboard.  I was thinking of $ for "cashes out."  (Or @ for "at peace.")  You probably have better ideas.

yeah i'm surprised that they don't have a symbol. but it would have to be something that represents both colors separately or two different symbols (one for black resigning and one for white resigning so you'd know which side resigned).

i kind of like the $ idea (just as arbitrary as the #). but you'd probably need $w for white and $b for black or something similar.

Or just a $ in the place of the player's next move.

I know what you mean, but I think the official ones are "1-0" (black resigns) and "0-1" (white resigns).

Correct :)

Good!  So let's include that in the notation of chess.com games.  Why not?

Oh good, so I am not only the one who sometimes stares at the final position of a GM game and wonders what on Earth happened.

Hi guys,

Kudos to attisondog.  I never thought of this, but it certainly seems like a good idea to me.

Watch your backrank.

Don't forget "drunken forfeit": http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/731101-drunk-chess-grandmaster-falls-asleep-at-board

Some coaches actually consider this a good exercise for their students. Take a grandmaster game that ended in resignation, and see if you can play the winning side against a computer (or master strength coach) and win. Play out the same position multiple times until you get it right. Let the computer play the winning side once if you can't figure out what technique to use.

I was going through one of Short's games where it became a N + extra pawn vs "bad" bishop endgame with pawns on both sides, yay, I get to see a GM grind out some endgame technique.  Well it didn't work out that way, after 10 moves Short lost, I have no idea what happened... I can only guess he ran out of time.

It would be nice to have a symbol for resignation, maybe just "R" where the move should be for the side that resigned.

When you come upon a GM game whose conclusion you don't understand, first look closely at the material - soemtimes people have played a few moves down a decisive amount, and resign when they can't get any counterplay.  Then check the tactics.  Often one side is forced to lose material and resigns when he cannot avoid this.

If you are satisfied there is no forced loss apparent, check the move # against the time control.  For instance, if White is losing but wins 1-0 at move 39, Black may have overstepped the time limit.

The most aggravating case is where the database or report has cut off the last several moves of the game!

At the London Classic, several GM games were "played out" in the endings to demonstrate to the fans why they were wins or draws.  This was a good idea, but I understand how hard it is to play out a lost position when you just want to go have a drink and trash the hotel room . . .