Resigning just before the last move

Hi guys!
Some players I play with resign just before my last move when they see it's checkmate.
Is it a correct behaviour? For me it's very annoying.

Thanks.

Haha, once I did this in real life. I stopped the clock with 1 second left and said "I resign"

My opponent was my friend, but made fun of me in a way that let me know he was pretty annoyed... which surprised me. I didn't do it to be rude, I just did it because I realized I was lost.

In online chess, generally, the people who want to annoy you will do much nastier stuff like stalling. They wont move or resign and let their clock run out. Resigning 1 move away from mate is pretty harmless, at least I don't think it's worth getting upset over.

If you're just one move away you should let the person finish the game, I wouldn't get upset about it though but it's a bit rude to have a person play a whole game, fix a plan, execute it and at the very last move you don't let him get the checkmate.

I will say that it partly depends on the rating.

If I wanted to show a small amount of contempt for my opponent, whether online or OTB, I'd make them checkmate me. If I wanted to show respect, then I'd resign as soon as I realized it's a forced mate.

But I realize that, especially for new players, checkmate is a lot of fun, and the crowning achievement of their game so to speak, so for them it might be the reverse. They might see resignation as rude. I get it. I'm just explaining how not everyone thinks that way, and higher rated players for sure.

But he's talking about continuing eventhough you know the game is lost but then before the last move you resign the game, that's rude regardless of rating.

Honestly I'd be more insulted if my opponent made me checkmate them.

Well as a beginner I can fail even a force mate, or as @georgec5614 said, my opponent doesn't see it. I'm talking about simple 1-move mate.

A win is a win.

These are  some of the matches that irritate me:

https://chess.com/live/game/6537716894

https://chess.com/live/game/6489285190

https://chess.com/live/game/6387901122

https://www.chess.com/live/game/7413246279

https://chess.com/live/game/6413283228

https://chess.com/live/game/6439346530

Oh I have had that done so many times against me. Pretty annoying as you are about to have a rush of satisfaction

For every person annoyed by a resignation there is a person annoyed by lack of same. 

Which basically means this is the sort of annoyance that is 100% the problem of the person being annoyed. 

I have done it sometimes if I'm annoyed I couldn't win. But GMs also will do it a couple moves away from checkmate

Which is why checkmate doesn't appear enough on the board

if I'm tilted for losing I want that last bit of time to brood over my mistakes and just mentally take it out on my opponent. that way in the end I feel happier than when I started playing. 😊

+1

Agreed

It's not disrespectful or wrong at all. People have vastly different opinions about this subject. Some think it's disrespectful to resign or not to. Some let their opponents checkmate them because they deserve it and they played brilliantly and some think otherwise. It is what it is.

I've seen topics on here about people crying that their opponent won't resign in a lost position and this is the opposite. Not sure why people make a big deal out of this. I suppose if you are a newer player it's satisfying to deliver the final blow.

I agree that there's a difference to be made between when you see you will get checkmated and when you see you will end up down a queen or even more material. In the latter it's much more fitting to just resign, but at the same time you may want to push for a cheapo.

A guy just did it too me. I think it’s hilarious not to shatter their ego 🤣🤣🤣