you should know when yuo are beat.
It became clear near the end that he didn't have a clear plan. For the sake of a few extra moves, I decided to wait it out and "make him" win.
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Yes at your sort of level (Beginners) i wouldnt ever resign either,nor did i for that matter when i was still improving and learning. Far to much to gain from fighting on till the end such as endgames lessons and developing better defence skills and so on. But players who have more knowledge and thus more skills developed we know when we should be decent enough to call it a day and resign...
For all of you who like to play it out to the bitter end, come join the Chess Spartans!! We all feel the same way you do, so you'll never need to worry about a Chess Athenian getting offended at your desire to play it out.
http://www.chess.com/groups/view/chess-spartans
that's so funny,I'll support this sparta
.. That game was like a pitbull fighting a shitzu, and the lil'doggy won!? Wth. If I was white I would turn off my computer.. Then go eat until im 1500 lbs.
OMG fantastic awareness, how did you come back?!
lol, white had like 3 ways to force mate at move 41. Maybe he let you win.
I remember a game where I believe my opponent was up a rook, knight, and bishop. I was down to I believe a king and a couple of pawns. I kept moving around until I forced a stalemate. My opponent was fairly new to the game and I don't think he was even aware of a possible stalemate. He was in shock.
Even if you are playing somebody that makes AMBYSMAL mistakes and allows you to win when 2 pieces down, I still advocate resigning.
"But why bickley, he won!"
Yes he did. But did he learn anything useful?
Learning to take advantage of an opponent's mistakes - "ambysmal" or abysmal or otherwise - isn't useful?
_emily, when he was down earlier in the game I could understand not resigning. It does give you some unique learning aspects, learning how to hold a losing game and swindle are important learning aspects in the game of chess! You should be losing nearly half your games, so its important to know how to turn those into draws =). However When you only have a rook left on the board, and your opponent has an absurd amount of material, the only thing he could do was sit down, and pray for a back rank mate. Sitting down and praying for a back rank mate for several dozen moves is not as instructive as starting a new game.
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So many times I resign and felt shamed....never again shall I resign!
There's no reason for beginners to resign. You didn't learn anything from that win, but hopefully your opponent learned plenty.
Jeremy Silman said it, I quote it a lot: "no position is so won it plays itself."
Jg27pyth has a good point. Although mountain mans shooting himself in the foot by not resigning (winning more games, but in the long term, reducing his chess ability), his opponent hopefully learned an important lesson!
when you know your opponant, you'll know when to resign or keep on fighting windmills :)