When to resign - Etiquette - An honest appeal

Thanks.

Quite right. I won loads of Intermediate tournaments (with quite big prizes) when I was improving because an improving player's grade is always in advance of the rating. Intermediate was usually under 140 BCF, which is like 1720 FIDE and I was playing at more like 1900, a lot of the time. Why not win some tournaments, so long as you don't artificially depress your own grade or rating?

Right.  As long as you don't lose games on purpose, to artificially lower your rating, it's not cheating.   I once played an 8 year old kid, whose father was a Master and trained him daily.   This kid had a rating of 1396, but he played like a 2000 player.   He whooped my @$$ in the final round of the tournament, on board 1.   I would have won that tournament, if it wasn't for him.   But am I bitter?   You betcha.  lol   Would I feel guilty about doing the same thing to someone else.   Heck no.   lol   Btw, he went on to become an IM.   

I beat a few kids, back in the day, but none of them cried or looked crushed.   They're used to losing once in a while.   I've also been beaten by a couple of kids.   I think I was more crushed by my losses than they were.   lol

I had an ongoing chess feud with a kid who got a doctorate in Physics or something, same as my son, and he became a GM. I tended to usually beat him, because he was ten or twelve and I was in my late 30s, at the peak of my powers, with a strong winning instinct. That's except the last time we ever played. We hadn't played for nearly a year and in that time he'd become 1700 FIDE but was playing like a 2250 and he slaughtered me. He's called Stewart Haslinger. 

100% agreed.

True, Epiloque.  I can't argue with that.

If youre not able to win a winning position because you get flagged then you deserved to lose that game and need to work on your time management or play longer time formats and if you end up blundering your lead in a winning position then you deserve to lose or draw that game if you are good at the game you win games you should win

This, one thousand times. Pulling out a W after losing a few power pieces is the best.

I'm talking about FIDE rating not chess.com rating guys. It's a different ball game altogether

Guys, this thread is dead. No need to argue any further.

let it die, we have nothing more to argue about

Aaaargh, it's 'im! Abandon ship, mateys!!

nah

shhh

Ok

He left the thread lol and dont' bump the thread

He left the thread cause he knows he is a clown and can't argue with logic.

lmao

this is stupid