At lower levels, continue no matter what. For some reasons:
- Your opponent will blunder, the longer the game goes the more chances for blunders. Pounce on them and you never know.
- Your opponent can stalemate the game. 1/2 a point if better than no point.
- Most lower level players don't know how to play endgames.
- Keep an eye for the opportunity to sneak in a perpetual check , hence forcing a draw.
sometimes I'm winning and resign because opponent taking way too long.they tend to start thinking super hard after pieces vanish.after like 2 1/2 minutes im ready to play sometime else
Whenever you ask questions like this you have to state the time controls, because this determines a lot of what playing style you proceed with during a losing position.
Yeah, I'll send them a message telling them that I was going to resign but I want to continue to explore the endgame. Players at my level don't seem to mind playing to mate as it is good practice for them as well.
The best moment to resign is always the same, immediately after you've been checkmated.
The 'never resign' mentality will alienate a lot of opponents if you do that in obviously dead lost positions. Rather instead, you should resign when you feel there's nothing you can learn from playing on. It's as simple as that.
... you should resign when you feel there's nothing you can learn from playing on.
This.
The 'never resign' mentality will alienate a lot of opponents if you do that in obviously dead lost positions. Rather instead, you should resign when you feel there's nothing you can learn from playing on. It's as simple as that.
That has never happened to me. Not once. Probably because "dead lost" means checkmate (or ran out of time or some other reason that game is over). If the game is dead lost, and the game ended in checkmate, then yes, that would be the time to resign.
Depends what you're after. If you want to:
A - Learn: keep playing until there's nothing to learn. Resign before your learning becomes obnoxious to someone else.
B - Hold tenaciously to 6 or 7 ratings points: play on to the bitter end, hoping maybe your opponent blunders or causes a stalemate. (Edit: if you might find a perpetual check, or your opponent could flag SOON, there is still something left in the position for you to play for. Here I mean if your ONLY hope is a blunder).
C - Be respectful: resign dead lost positions.
D - Improve your opening and middle game: again, resign dead lost positions. Consider here what is the most valuable use of your time... At this point in my learning, I find no value in getting my king chased around the board hoping my opponent accidentally stalemates, when I could be starting a new game and maybe learning something about position in a new game.
E - Build confidence: once again, resign a position that it is only a matter of time before you lose anyway or a late game position that you are distractingly frustrated with. Why continue to suffer for 20 moves over the mistakes you made getting to a lost game. Just start a new one. (Edit: while drawing a lost game can be fun and super exciting, your opponent screwing up the end game shouldn't really be of use in building your confidence).
F - Team and tournament play: I don't have experience here, but it's probably a whole different kettle of fish than just another Live Chess game on Chess.com
Yesterday I had a game where I had a king and two pawns, the opponent had a rook, two pawns, two queens, and still could not win. So he promoted another pawn. Now three queens, a rook, and a pawn vs. my king and two immovable pawns. Still not enough to win. With that kind of disadvantage, and a checkmate in one multiple times, if that's not a "dead lost" position what is?
When I'm behind in material enough to surely lose to good play, I try to complicate the game hoping my opponent will overlook something or sacrifice a piece that will give me a chance to checkmate my opponent, hoping his greed will exceed his caution and he won't look over the whole board.
If NONE of those things are still available to me, it's time to resign.
Sometimes I resign when I've played so crappy that I'm embarrassed by it. Stop wasting everyone's time with a crap game.
I just resigned two games because my opponent was playing well and
I was in a no win or draw situation . . .
It's not a shame to resign it happens to be a legitimate MOVE . . .
It's better than a TIMEOUT loss for the group you are playing for . . .
IMHO . . . DENVER
As long as the Queen's are on the board never resign! After the queen trade and down by a rook or 3 pawns, I resign. Down a knight or bishop? The fight goes on!
My profile says I never resign. And, I don't. I do play respectfully by responding in a timely manner whenever my opponent moves. I've had a few comments that I should resign (from those who didn't look at my profile), but never any hassles after I tell my opponent I never resign. But the patient nature of my opponents is somewhat built in by restricting my games to time controls of one or more days per move.
Resigning is something of respect, showing respect for the opposing player (not wasting their time) as well as saving face and knowing when a position is hopeless, rather than being surprise checkmated.
Statistically, even with a mate in one you should never resign. Do you ever see stockfish resigning?
I'm around 1100 right now and I usually only resign when it's clear to me that my position is losing or if I'm down on material too much to win. I like to continue a game to mate to give myself and the opponent the opportunity to practice. See if I can regain the position and simply to get practicing endgames. I heard that in higher level play it is considered courtesy to resign when a good player would be able to beat you. But as a lower level player I don't always see that there's no way out, and I want to continue hoping that the opponent blunders or I make some kind of brilliant effort to save the game. Should I resign in 1100 level games or continue no matter what?