People who DO NOT RESIGN in a lost position.

I believe him yo....I don't know why, but I believe him.  -" the Cuban Guy in Half-Baked."

For me, a game is no longer of interest once you or your opponent is clearly lost (even if its just a piece down with no compensation).  To not resign 'feels' disrespectful.  I don't value a win by time at that point in the game, the game is already won.  When they play on, I feel like now we are just playing silly kids chess and i have almost zero joy in it.  Sometimes i just resign because i don't want to play the silly time game.  In reality, for some that is part of it, and the obvious counter-argument being that while I may have obtained the winning position, I took too long to obtain that position, and so if i am unable to capitalise, then I don't deserve victory.  I see and understand both ways of looking at it.  I think this stems ultimately from me wanting to play a quick game, but not wanting to play blitz chess, if that makes sense, though for many, they are here to play blitz chess, and there's nothing wrong with that. 

Then there is the more extreme case though, where you have a bunch of queens on the board and have no time issue whatsoever.. at that point i could just end the game, but instead i find myself rudely telling them 'you can hit the resign button you know'  all while dancing my king around the board and promoting more peices.  I guess because at that point it feels like they are just being rude by not resigning.   ..but i know deep down that they could still just be a blitz player dedicated to a wild extent to obtaining a better result.  Their odds of a stalement are low, but not necessarily impossible.  Praying for that silly mistake or lost internet connection.  Fun means different things to different people, and it's silly of me to get frustrated by it.

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Not if they get u first my friend.

I once had some one infuriate me so much that I purposely got two queens and went about wiping his remaining pieces and pawns off the board. I would have thought that that would be humiliating to the other player. But some people are beyond embarrassment.

I'd be tempted to play on deliberately to annoy someone who did that!

It's what I do. Your opponent can still make a mistake even in a won position no matter how strong.

Its at best a mild insult to your opponent not to graciously concede. Like saying I think you're too dumb to win an obviously won game.

I think it depends. If it's a timed game you could still win on the clock. But if it's not on the clock, then yea... resign and move on.

the real face off when they are not resigning then only they do call for challenging game

When or if my opponent resigns is not my business, it's their game, they can play it as they wish. Same goes for when/if I resign. Not your business, make your move. 

use your jack in the box BRAIN. crying will not do the winning. if you cannot finish them off RESIGN.

Is it still an insult if it's true? Like most people, I've had many, many games where my opponent should have won and I should have resigned. But neither happened. It happens so often at our lowly sub 2000 level because most of us are, as you point out, dumb.

OH POOR 2000 level players. you only have a game to boost your self worth. most if not all are failing in life.so important your lives must be .must be back stabbing scared little people ,that don't have anything or cant stand up to anybody face to face, ,so keep telling yourselves, you are the most important thing on the whole planet because my chess rating is 2000. you all are a joke, and have no life.

PS. TO IFPATRIOT GAMES to cheep to buy membership or are you so entitled to have to pay

Oh for goodness sakes get over yourselves. My rating is no where near the expert level. Its 1500 something if that matters. And if its king and queen vs king and your opponent is still playing its childish of them.

But even in midgame if someone drops a queen say, that game is irrevocably lost unless the position is really twisted up on the board. And I think if any of us have that opponent drop a queen we are going to make darn sure we win.

Maybe they believe we will stalemate them!