Why did he resign???

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i played black and i put this though analysis and they all say that white was winning yet white resigned? can anyone explain why? also during the game i thought i was winning towards the end but it white was winning by a lot, is it because he was up pieces? thanks for the help.

if it doesnt work heres the thing 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 d5 3. exf6 exf6 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Qe7+ 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Ba5 9. Re1 Bb6 10. Bb5 Qd7 11. Bf4 g5 12. Bg3 Ba5 13. a4 b6 14. b4 Bb7 15.
bxa5 Rfe8 16. axb6 cxb6 17. Bf1 a6 18. c4 Nb4 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Nc3 Be4 21. Nxe4
g4 22. Nh4 Re6 23. Nf5 Rae8 0-1

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JaylaC200 wrote:

... white was winning yet white resigned? can anyone explain why? ...

So many possible reasons:

1. Mommy enforced screen time limits.

2. ...

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2. Had somewhere to go
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Maybe the baby woke up?

Some people have this thing called "real life".

Not sure where you would download one.

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Also might have thought he was losing
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Or seen a possible checkmate he didn’t know how to defend against
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blueemu wrote:

Maybe the baby woke up?

Some people have this thing called "real life".

Not sure where you would download one.

Both reallife.com and realife.org were disappointing

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I get he could’ve resigned because he was busy, but I am curious why he would resign for game reasons, I know there’s many reasons why he would outside of the game.
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Are you sure he resigned and didn't disconnect or abandon?

He had a mate in two. Even if he had to go somewhere quickly it is shocking he didn't play two easy moves to finish off his game. There is the possibility that he didn't see it of course.

Final possibility I can think of is maybe he was scared of your rook battery and your knight eyeing a potential fork and couldn't find a way to defend.

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Yeah I’m sure he resigned, I honestly thought I was winning maybe because I was playing more aggressively but looking back he was definitely winning so that’s why I’m so confused why he resigned
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I think he probably resigned because he saw your rooks can take his knight. He probably thought to move the queen to defend the knight, then saw that this would possibly allow a knight fork on c2. This is of course flawed analysis, but it might be what was going on in his mind leading to a faulty resignation.

He did miss Qxg4+ followed by Qg7#.

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idk

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He saw your chessboard settings and concluded he had no idea whats going on. grin

(SCNR)

On a more serious note, this IS a confusing position, so maybe he figured he was lost.