Resign from a lost game to start a new one.
Why resign a game?
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Aug 14, 2009
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#23
TheGrobe wrote:
pan51shovel wrote:
Chess is an ancient game based on military strategy. Military men in ancient times, as now were taught never surrender while they still have the means to resist. As a relatively new member of this website, I have already had a few opponents resign (surrender) at the first sign of a strategic disadvantage or in the face of an opponents tactical superiority. I don't understand that at all. Shifts in strategic and tactical advantage occur suddenly and frequently on the battlefield and on the chessboard. In chess (a bloodless sport), this is the point where the game actually becomes more interesting. Once we lose the advantage over our opponent, and the pressure is on, we must become more cunning and resourceful. Operating under such conditions, hones our skills, ultimately making us better chess players. Never Surrender.
I've always wondered why Japan didn't press on in WWII....
rookandladder wrote:
I look at it as "Why waste time and mental energy on lost games when I can move on to one I have a chance to win?"
Sure, if I held on like grim death to every game, I may draw one here or there. But its not worth the bother to me. And I hate playing losing positions.
For my $.02, rookandladder's statement is true for me as well. The truth is, when I'm getting my clock cleaned, I just may not WANT to play on. Yes, its true, my opponent could totally blunder and give me some small gilmmer of hope, but.... probably not. So its better to just cut my losses, and focus the limited time I have to play on a game I have a better chance of winning.
bigpoison wrote:
Concession is the better part of valor.
?? You are kidding!
You should NEVER resign ! That way you wont be annoyed by having too many friends in the chess community ! 
Reb wrote:
You should NEVER resign ! That way you wont be annoyed by having too many friends in the chess community !
Ah Reb, and people accuse me of trolling!
I like playing opponents like you. I use the opportunity to practice K+B+N vs K and other amusing endgames.
pan51shovel wrote:
Never Surrender.
I second that. Never Surrender.
"Resign, don't resign....just always remember the choice is yours ,and don't allow anyone else to try and dictate to you what you should do in any given situation!"
i agree, as i'm very much optimistic..
if an opponent was good enough to get you into a lost position from a drawn postion they are probably good enough to get you from a losing position to lost for me, i hate losing so i resign right away once i have a lost position because drawing the game out is frustrating, every move reminds me of how bad I'm losing. ex:
Reb wrote:
Keldorn wrote:
My point is that if I'm in a bad position, I can never save the game. I tried it many times. So instead I resign rather than plod on hopeless situations.
The more experience you have (especially against strong players) the sooner you reach this decision.
Yeah I think this happens to everyone as they get better. I also used to think "why ever resign?" a long time ago but when you get mated 100 times without getting stalemate once you realize that it's basically impossible. I guess you could probably save 1 game out of 100 but I don't think it's worth it.
Suggo wrote:
Resign, don't resign....just always remember the choice is yours, and don't allow anyone else to try and dictate to you what you should do in any given situation!
Hear, hear!
when i fall behind i lose my comfidence even if its not a completely hopeless position. then my lack of self confidence leads to a blunder which ussually loses the game
Aug 15, 2009
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#37
goldendog wrote:
I was so looking forward to another never resign thread.
Nobody said you had to read it.
Hello people you talk about resign or not, I think is up to the player, some time you may find in a position it can be resolved but again it's up to the person, but what about when you playing and on the 2nd, 3rd move,you don't receive any thing, and after a while you receive the e-mail saying that the game is over because the time went out, I won a game because the opponent time went out, and I was declared whiner, I think if the person finds out he is out of time he deserve to a 2nd game, I have tried to have a re- mach but I didn't receive any replay ( I probably did wrong, I'm still new in chess.com and many thing I don't know how to do ) but if a person find out he is out of time, I think it should be on automatic re-mach, What you people thing about that ?
Aug 18, 2009
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#39
I recently played in a congress, with time frame 40 moves in 100 minutes, and clocks go back 20 mins after black 40th move. I had made 30 moves and had two-three minutes remaining on clock. My opponent looked like he was going to mate me if i wasn't careful and proabably pick up pieces too. We got to move 40 and i had about 30seconds left and he blundered and then the clocks went back and he resigned a few moves later. I could easily have resigned the game as it looked completely lost!
Aug 18, 2009
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I recently played in a congress, with time frame 40 moves in 100 minutes, and clocks go back 20 mins after black 40th move. I had made 30 moves and had two-three minutes remaining on clock. My opponent looked like he was going to mate me if i wasn't careful and proabably pick up pieces too. We got to move 40 and i had about 30seconds left and he blundered and then the clocks went back and he resigned a few moves later. I could easily have resigned the game on about move 30 as it looked completely lost and i hardly had any thinking time.
In a lost position, look for a plan. If you can find one, play on, no matter how bad the plan is, you never know...
If you can't find a plan, even a bad one, it's time to resign, dude
Well, when I have a plan, I don't consider my position 'lost', so I don't resign until I see a little chance to get a draw. But this isn't the same thing. At this point, it DOES make sence to continue, but if you can't see a way out, I don't know why not to resign.