Why people refuse to resign? - Chess Forums - Page 7

Merciless_Boy

Apr 9, 2023

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#121

time.

TheFastTurtle27

Apr 10, 2023

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#122

rollingronnie wrote:

Dear friends,

I play 10 min games with a ELO score of around 1400-1500.

I wish to discuss why there are so many people on chess.com who simply refuse to resign a losing game. I think it's a lack of respect and a waste of time to not resign when you don't have a decent chance of winning anymore. Hoping for a couple of blunders, running out of time, or a blunderdraw. It annoys the hell out of me. I block everyone who does that, but they just keep on coming. I also notice some nationalities doing this a lot more than others. I wish there was a pool with opponents that like to play respectfully.

Please also join the discussion if you are one of those douche bags Help me understand why you are doing this.

some nationalities? what does that have to do with anything? are u saying that some cultures are more toxic than others??

VenemousViper

Apr 10, 2023

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#123

HiramHolliday wrote:

How do you know what nationality is anyone?

It's because of the little flag next to the username.

trimalo

Apr 10, 2023

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#124

because they still hope to win.

VenemousViper

Apr 10, 2023

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#125

It's because they hope you'll stalemate or blunder. It worked for me in one game .

Kyobir

Apr 10, 2023

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#126

I rarely resign, I cause resignations

mpaetz

Apr 10, 2023

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#127

rollingronnie wrote:

Dear friends,

I play 10 min games with a ELO score of around 1400-1500.

I wish to discuss why there are so many people on chess.com who simply refuse to resign a losing game. I think it's a lack of respect and a waste of time to not resign when you don't have a decent chance of winning anymore. Hoping for a couple of blunders, running out of time, or a blunderdraw. It annoys the hell out of me. I block everyone who does that, but they just keep on coming.

Inconsistency from game to game, insufficient mastery of endings, miscalculation and gross blunders are common with the rating range and time control you mention. If someone wants you to prove that you are capable of winning a game with the advantage you have achieved in the limited time you have left they are entitled to do so. It is your task to EARN the respect you desire.

We're talking about an extra couple of minutes of play, and learning to cash in these positions can only improve your game.

ice_cream_cake

Apr 10, 2023

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#128

Kyobir wrote:

I rarely resign, I cause resignations

And that's actually true LOL

Optimissed

Apr 10, 2023

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#129

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I wouldn't mind being blocked by such a person. Occasionally I do play to the bitter end, which is the prerogative of the losing player, just as it's the prerogative of the winning player to win the game if s/he can.

whiteknight1968

Apr 10, 2023

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#130

I have no problem with players who want to play to the bitter end, but those who run the clock down in a lost position are knob heads.

Clockwork_Nemesis

Apr 10, 2023

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#131

Check out this #chess game: pedagochess vs kezzerdrix - https://www.chess.com/live/game/74910143493

Kyobir

Apr 10, 2023

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#132

ice_cream_cake wrote:

Kyobir wrote:

I rarely resign, I cause resignations

And that's actually true LOL

ikr

Clockwork_Nemesis

Apr 10, 2023

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#133

[Event "Online Game"]
[Site "Chess.com iPhone"]
[Date "2023.04.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "pedagochess"]
[Black "kezzerdrix"]
[Result "0-1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[WhiteElo "1661"]
[BlackElo "1674"]
[Termination "kezzerdrix won by checkmate"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Be3 Bf5 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Qd7 10.Nf3 O-O-O 11.O-O h6 12.a3 g5 13.b4 d5 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.b5 Nce7 16.Ne5 Qe6 17.Ne4 b6 18.Rac1 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Qxe5 20.Qc2 Rxd4 21.exd4 Qxd4+ 22.Kh1 Qe5 23.Rxf7 Nd5 24.Nf6 Bd6 25.Ng4 Qe6 26.Rff1 Qxg4 27.Qc6 Ne3 28.Qxd6 Qxg2# {0-1}

Kyobir

Apr 10, 2023

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#134

kezzerdrix wrote:

[Event "Online Game"]
[Site "Chess.com iPhone"]
[Date "2023.04.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "pedagochess"]
[Black "kezzerdrix"]
[Result "0-1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[WhiteElo "1661"]
[BlackElo "1674"]
[Termination "kezzerdrix won by checkmate"]
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Be3 Bf5 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Qd7 10.Nf3 O-O-O 11.O-O h6 12.a3 g5 13.b4 d5 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.b5 Nce7 16.Ne5 Qe6 17.Ne4 b6 18.Rac1 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Qxe5 20.Qc2 Rxd4 21.exd4 Qxd4+ 22.Kh1 Qe5 23.Rxf7 Nd5 24.Nf6 Bd6 25.Ng4 Qe6 26.Rff1 Qxg4 27.Qc6 Ne3 28.Qxd6 Qxg2# {0-1}

You blundered the queen on move 19... How did your opponent not notice that?

ice_cream_cake

Apr 10, 2023

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#135

Kyobir wrote:

kezzerdrix wrote:

[Event "Online Game"]
[Site "Chess.com iPhone"]
[Date "2023.04.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "pedagochess"]
[Black "kezzerdrix"]
[Result "0-1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[WhiteElo "1661"]
[BlackElo "1674"]
[Termination "kezzerdrix won by checkmate"]
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Be3 Bf5 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Qd7 10.Nf3 O-O-O 11.O-O h6 12.a3 g5 13.b4 d5 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.b5 Nce7 16.Ne5 Qe6 17.Ne4 b6 18.Rac1 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Qxe5 20.Qc2 Rxd4 21.exd4 Qxd4+ 22.Kh1 Qe5 23.Rxf7 Nd5 24.Nf6 Bd6 25.Ng4 Qe6 26.Rff1 Qxg4 27.Qc6 Ne3 28.Qxd6 Qxg2# {0-1}

You blundered the queen on move 19... How did your opponent not notice that?

No it would have been an exchange of queens (with a gain of a knight) because the pawn that would capture the queen was pinned to the white queen.

trimalo

Apr 11, 2023

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#136

Simply because they still hope to win. We are not GM, a mistake, especially when feeling overconfident can happen, that is why.

t15k

Apr 11, 2023

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#137

trimalo wrote:

Simply because they still hope to win. We are not GM, a mistake, especially when feeling overconfident can happen, that is why.

Or even misclicks.

I'm over 1000 rapid and yet I don't know how to checkmate with bishop and knight. I once blundered a draw because of this.

ice_cream_cake

Apr 11, 2023

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#138

t15k wrote:

trimalo wrote:

Simply because they still hope to win. We are not GM, a mistake, especially when feeling overconfident can happen, that is why.

Or even misclicks.

I'm over 1000 rapid and yet I don't know how to checkmate with bishop and knight. I once blundered a draw because of this.

I'm 1700 rapid and I don't know how to checkmate with a bishop and a knight XD

VenemousViper

Apr 11, 2023

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#139

I'm 1050 at Rapid, and I just got stalemated because my opponent promoted to a queen.

AnRun

Apr 11, 2023

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#140

mpaetz wrote:

rollingronnie wrote:

Dear friends,

I play 10 min games with a ELO score of around 1400-1500.

I wish to discuss why there are so many people on chess.com who simply refuse to resign a losing game. I think it's a lack of respect and a waste of time to not resign when you don't have a decent chance of winning anymore. Hoping for a couple of blunders, running out of time, or a blunderdraw. It annoys the hell out of me. I block everyone who does that, but they just keep on coming.

Inconsistency from game to game, insufficient mastery of endings, miscalculation and gross blunders are common with the rating range and time control you mention. If someone wants you to prove that you are capable of winning a game with the advantage you have achieved in the limited time you have left they are entitled to do so. It is your task to EARN the respect you desire.

This.

You're winning? Great. Close the deal. If you can't, there's clearly more for you to learn. I'm rightly annoyed with myself when I'm winning and I can't close it fast enough to prevent a draw.

What irritates me are the people who have basically won, but won't make the obvious moves, then play around unnecessarily promoting multiple pawns to bishops or something. To be clear, these people only have a couple of moves to checkmate. They are just being -icks.

Those people I stop playing, let the clock time out, then block.