Resignation Etiquette???

I currently have a "stalled" game, one move from checkmate, with a queen and an about to be promoted pawn which will provide the mating move. My path to mate has been clear for 5 moves. I intentionally sacrificed a rook for his last pawn some 10 moves ago, leaving me with 4 pawns on opposite sides of the board, and my opponent with no power pieces or pawns - expecting a quick finish by resignation or otherwise. I'm now in the third day of waiting for his last move in a game that took less than a week for the first 50 moves. THAT'S RUDE.

I've decided it would be equally rude to tell him so.

I'm not a novice (in years of play), but have never played a tournament - but understand that conversation in such play would be unnacceptable, and perhaps grounds for disqualification.

Here, however, I would suspect that "good move" or even "where are you from" or "how long have you been playing" probably would be fine during a game. Of course, I would not consider it rude if I recieved no reply. Also, a running commentary would be arrogant and distracting, so some discretion is certainly necessary. I'd play and comment, here, much as I would with a friend in an over-the-board game.

But, I'm wondering if others see it the same way?

Play at faster time controls and save yourself a tidal wave of keystrokes.  Very Simple.

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Always resign with your pinky raised.

But tidal waves of keystrokes are so pretty!

I believe that resignation can be stylish if you are faced with a mate in one or mate in two. That is just my opinion though

Im pretty sure I read somewhere that most GMs resign before being beaten, and if they get checkmated it is somewhat of an embarassment.

Of course, it can be quite aggravating when people resign just before you checkmate them.

Lol. Me. 😂😂

You should ask your opponent's permission before resigning. 

This thread was necro'd from 3 years ago.  Why?

Sometimes it just either not realizing they lost, although that is something sometimes. Or neverending pride and hope :/ 

So you'd rather move around with your king until your last wasted breath huh? 

Nah, I wouldn't have bothered with all that respect there is around you. I am just a fragile women after all  

If the position is lost one should always resign. Although you also have to take into account your opponent's time left. If you are down 4 or 5 points and your opponent only has just 1 minute left, he or she might not be able to checkmate you. Sometimes we let ourselves be carried away by a strange petty pride and we try to cling to a lost position. But as a general rule we should resign once the position is lost. It's rude and it makes your opponent mad and he or she will have reasons not want to play with you again. At least until you have learned some resignation etiquette.

1. "The hardest game to win is a won game" -Lasker 

and " The winner is the player who makes the next to last mistake" Tartakover I think.

2. There are different levels of play, and most can always learn from defeats and from trying to convert a winning position. 

3. And I certainly don't understand the notion that if you are losing and play on and your opponent blunders back you are just lucky and you should have resigned. Then your opponent was also just lucky when you lost your piece and don't deserve to play on either. ALL games should be drawn. It's only fair..  wtf.

4. Changing your play, like using excessive time or have bad behaviour in the chat or something just to annoy your opponent though is poor sportsmanship and those people don't have anything to do with trying to define the etiquette of the game. 

I find many players resign as soon as they lose their queen, even if they still have both rooks and 2 or 3 other pieces. I find that rude or at least unwise. If I lose my queen I think I can learn a lot more by playing on without it -- and have often won the game later. 

So my opponent one move from mate decided to let his 7 day clock run out rather than resign or move. I consider that poor sportsmanship. 

I've been watching the Building Habits series (around 500 ELO) and he says to never resign. I'm a fairly low level player and only play online. Then I watched Queen's Gambit and Mr. Shybel told Beth that after losing her queen she was supposed to resign. Is it only a rule for OTB games and for higher-rated players? I would never want to do anything discourteous to my fellow players.