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NotesFromUnderdog
May 24, 2021
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Hey there, 
Could someone please tell me why my opponent resigned? It seemed like he was beating me for the better part of the game; I was kind of getting myself out of trouble every move. Was this going to be a draw? Maybe he just got bored? Lol, thanks!

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25GSchatz22
May 24, 2021
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#2

I can't see the game, just a diagram of the starting position

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NotesFromUnderdog
May 24, 2021
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#3
Here’s the actual game, might help...

 

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NotesFromUnderdog
May 24, 2021
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#4
Well, this is the final position, anyway. I’m pasting the FEN in, I’m not sure why it isn’t working.
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blueemu
May 24, 2021
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#5

The FEN is always just the final position. You want the PGN instead.

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NotesFromUnderdog
May 24, 2021
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#6
I don’t feel dumb at all. 
 

 

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blueemu
May 24, 2021
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#7

After 38. ... Rg3+ 39. Kh5 Rfg4 the threat of Nf4 mate forces White to give up a Rook for the Knight, after which Black is a whole Rook ahead.

Why did Black resign when he had a forced win?

A couple of possibilities:

1) Maybe the baby woke up. People have real-life concerns that can force them to quit a game on short notice.

2) Maybe he was sandbagging... intentionally losing in order to keep his rating low, so that he can enter (and win) a rating-restricted tournament later on.

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NotesFromUnderdog
May 24, 2021
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#8
It was a 24 hour game so I don’t know...do people sandbag daily chess?
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sanoorpradhan
May 24, 2021
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#9
blueemu wrote:
ilikedoublebox wrote:

Am I the only person to consider that he had something else to do?

 

Read my post (possibility #1)

Just saw that (deleted the message), also I’m not sure that a 900 rated player would spot that forced mate, maybe he thought that white was going to promote?

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y5y6y7
May 25, 2021
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#10

That's wierd

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Sir_Benalot
May 25, 2021
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#11
I closed my first account on chess.com after being accused of sandbagging. Truth was I’d only played against bots for ages and on my first game against a human my rating was 1300, even though in reality I was more like a 250. After losing literally every single game and getting really down on myself, I decided to abandon a bunch of games to bring my rating down to where I belonged. I’m now rated about 450 and I win/lose equally.
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DasBurner
May 25, 2021
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#12

judging on that final position, he had no reason to resign. maybe he got bored or something idk

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FetchBoi-ENT
May 25, 2021
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#13
They probably got busy, sometimes people can’t tell you that they have to leave if it urgent.
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NotesFromUnderdog
May 25, 2021
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#14
Thanks for the input, everyone. So yeah, as the game was a daily chess match with one day per move, if something came up he wouldn’t have to resign. That doesn’t mean it wasn’t the reason, though. But I do feel a little better being able to recognize he resigned in what was not a losing position. I’m not too old to learn chess! At least a little bit!