Stupid idiots who don't know when to resign?

My opinion is that u cannot ask or expect your opponent to resign..but he

should be graceful to sit with u and finish the game as fast possible.not go

away and make u waiting..

In std.live chess it is the otherway for me..my poor internet conn.intermittently goes off and on or the server at chess.com gets

disconnected making me lose about 50 to sixty games perhaps.but the

other player and the site staff legitimately thinks I am going off and coming back after consulting some engine or external help.one player asked me also.. but my games tell the truth.in one game just a few secs.

from mate the conn.went off the opponent waited ,although he got the

points for free asked me what happened..I log in 3 times in a day and

all my team/on line match moves are made as it doesn't take me more than 3 mts to reply and 15 or 20 mnts for a very difficult move..

Update, 3 weeks later. He has another 20 hours to make his final move; or he can prolong it for another 3 days with timeout protection, or go into vacation mode. The checkmate is programmed, so even if I die, he loses. 

GLM: Before writing this comment, i went to your profile, You are fairly new to the place. Back in 2011 the year i joined, was crushing a guy and he kept me playing up to 60 something moves and i had the same frustration you are showing; yes, i did insult him for my inside because there was not, there is not rule to make nobody resign.

Talking about self respect, is another thing. Nobody can obligate others to respect them self if they don't want to, without breaking the law.

Later in time i learned how to deal with sttuborn players that do not resign: Go to your other games, take all his peaces, don't show any urgency, one day you find your rating higher and surpprise! the guy resigned.

Comic relief. He offered a draw.

I mean, you have a right to be obnoxious, but all it gets you is a bad rep. He goes by 10oo, and I'll certainly never play him again.

Some people don't know how to resign but are far from being stupid idiots. 

Exceptionally talented children who fight to the death, is one example. People who enjoy to see you struggle and suffer, and occasionally scoring an upset because you blunder, give them stalemate, a threefold repetition or run out of time, is another. 

Here's a game where I resigned. We've played twice: he resigned the first time, and I returned the favour. Conceivably, I might have eked out a draw, or he might have blundered, but what's the point? It's much better to go over a losing game and learn from it than than waste time and energy flogging a dead horse. And what if I had continued, and he blundered, and I ended up winning? What's to be learned from that? How to be a successful patzer. 

Successful patzers go up the rating ladder. I can't tell you how many times I've drawn or won positions which are worse than what you had here - and how many positions I dropped which were better than your opponent's. 

Especially considering your level, resignation was WAY premature here - and I don't even care what was the time control. 

Of course, one can become depressed or disgusted with a position and no longer want to play it - but it doens't mean that it was devoid of chances. 

At the very least, and from the chess sense - you should make him demonstrate the win. 

I wouldn't resign a position where I wasn't confident that I would beat Houdini if I were my opponent. If I'm not sure exactly how to win it, I would play on, and on, and on. Attrition has its value too. 

Higher-rated players fight. They hate losing. They make the other guy's life hard. They make him fight for the win especially when he's winning and wants to relax. 

Just look what CP6033 did to me this evening, here (go to page 11). That's classical torture. Maybe he went a bit too far - but I'm in total agreement with the principle. He's a very strong player who will make 2200 in two years top. 

"Stupid" and "Idiot" are two entirely different states. Ignorant is the term I'd use for this thread.

GarethLeeMeredith wrote:

Are these guys honestly hoping for the apocalypse coming? Why do people insist on playing games to the bitter end when everything else is failing, don't they have enough respect for the intelligence of the person who got them in that state in the first place?

I get it if there are REAL CHANCES available on the board, but not if they are wasting your time like my first two experiences in correspondance... I mean people, get a grip! 

I see your point. However, there are exceptions. I was once in a completely lost position and I told my opponent I was thinking about resigning. However, he wanted me to play to the death, so out of courtesy I kept playing.

This is a nonsense thread. There is no obligation on any player to resign. The onus is on their opponent to checkmate them. If people feel their intelligence is being insulted, start another game. As ratings climb opponents get stronger, eventually the percived problem will solve itself.

By the way, on another topic, where has the spell check on the forum gone?

I dont mind if someone plays on untill the end but if people are taking the maximum time to play a lost position then they are wasting other people's time - this is particularly the case in chess.com tournaments where the next round is waiting for 1 game to finish because someone is "hoping" for  an accidential stalemate - I can not understand that even people approaching 2000 rating is playing this hope-chess....hope for stalemate although the chances is 1/1000 just for rating's sake. 

post #71. now I would also get frustrated if the opponent dont resign this position and goes on another 3 weeks. My opninion is that such an opponent is hoping that white would resign out of frustration/lose on time/accept the draw/stalemate or whatever. But it is really useless to play like this!

post#100. I cant see why black or white would resign here.

I play on chess.com to learn chess not to kill time. So I would think that sometimes it is still learnfull to play out a position. But to hope for stalemate in a lost position is a waste........

Why is this thread still going? The OP is a troll. He hasn't been online since he first made this topic.

BlackMonarch238 It's still going I guess because lots of people have run into the problem, and it raises interesting issues. Why did you click on it? 

you cant do anything against it so better dont complain :). what I always do is I dont mate them when I can but rather promote some queens or knights or 3 dark squared bishops lol. Normally they get ashamed then at some point and resign.

Agree with that, i said it. Take all his pieces and make as many rooks as possible. just avoid stale mate; do not rush nothing, they will resign. This is my last comment ever about this thread, good luck.

Idiots are not, only, idiots.

A smart idiot can be a jester, or a clever fool.

Of the stupid idiots, well, who knows ...

In chess there is room for many variations

About half a year ago I fougth a good battle against a player rated 400 points above me. Finaly he got me in trouble and I was wrestling with my self, continue to fight in loosing position or to "look cool" resigning like pro's. I resigned, just to see next day a cheater badge on the opponent.