Asking people to resign

good example king william, you can ask someone to resign without being rude or unreasonable.

But its always your own choice to continue or quit. Yet, if there is not a chance to win, its mostly unexperienced who continue. Or players to estimate their opponents possibly not able to finish the job.

If you KNOW you CAN finish it, why not ask? it only takes more time to find something out that was obvious half a game ago.

You have the right to play a game out till it's final ugly end. That said. You also have the right to get up in someone's face and tell them to go to hell. Doesn't mean you should.

I won't ask for a resignation. But if someone drags a game out for a dozen extra moves, I won't play them again.

I'm relatively new to the whole idea of posting in forums and playing online chess, especially in this correspondance format. One thing I have found is that you have to have a thick 'electronic' skin, so to speak. People in forums and in online chess are hidden behind their annonymity, and so perhaps do and say things that they would not normally do and say in the real world. With this in mind, it is pointless getting offended by anything.

As far as resignations go, there is something to be said for playing on. I like to play on in lost positions, just to practice defense, and likewise, I like to try and finish a won position in the most efficient way possible. As other posters have said in this thread, it really is no big deal in correspondance; you just make your move and go on to the next game; you keep chipping away until you get the win. You never know, you may find a pretty, or surprising, checkmate. If I am in a totally won position, I like to try and see if I can checkmate with the remaining pieces rather that push for promotion.

Generally though, if someone does or says something that is annoying or offensive, it's not your problem. Just play the moves and chill.

ED.

I've never yet asked for a resignation, but I might in the right situation.  It may be rude, but IMO it's even more rude to continue dragging out a badly lost game in a situation where no recovery or stalemate is possible -- you're just wasting everyone's time.  That's just a nuisance in an isolated game, but if you're in a tournament, you may be holding up the next round for months because you're not mature enough to accept defeat graciously.  Not cool.

Well, because of a past occurrence I am very cautious about doing things that may be considered rude. So it is not something that I would do.

Now, if on the other hand someone ask me to resign (or even does something else that might be considered rude) there are a couple possibilities:

They do not mean to be rude, and they are simply making a suggestion.

They in fact dont care if it sounds rude.

In either case, I just try to answer in a polite manner. What does it really matter? It is just a game, and if they are indeed trying to spoil your fun, why let it get to you. ... Just keep trying to enjoy the game. That is why I play :-)

The fact that someone would have the huevos to ask thatis hilarious?  

Theres no problem in telling someone that he has a lost position and that he should consider resigning and theres no problem if the guy dosent want to resign for whatever reason. People need to mellow out, its a game. As long as the chat stays friendly, theres no reason to get offended.

There is always a chance for your opponet to make a mistake when they are winning or a draw.

I was asked to resign once and did because it took me by supprise, I have also had games where i have been certain of winning only to missplace a peice and lose.

I would never ask someone to resign, if you want the game to end offer a draw or resign yourself

The games not over till the king is checkmated. I have been asked to resign, only to come back and win myself.

If you don't love chess enough to be able to play to the end of a game you need to seriously reevaluate why you were playing it in the first place.

If someone asks you to resign, "To the Kings" is a classy way to let somebody know you're in it for the long haul.  If they continue to pester you, bring it up to the arbiter.  If it's casual you can always choose not to play with them next time.

I enjoy the thrill of the chase and ultimate slaughter of the enemy's King......most pleasurable !!!!

What I do find frustrating is when my opponent plays on in a lost position and then resigns on the PENULTIMATE move - thereby depriving my prerogative of royal execution! However once I have vented my frustration elsewhere I'm happy to continue with my other games.

I never resign and I never ask somebody to resign.

In my opinion you have to play until the death. You can always learn, see things from you're opponent.

Why asking resignation when you know that you are going to win? Patience ...

For those opponents that just won't resign, I like to perform one of several engineered mates.  Lately, I've been favoring mates with three or four Knights, but K+N+B vs K is always fun too.  Of course these options depend on whether material and time permit.

I think it's rude to ask/tell someone to resign and I never do it. If someone tells me to resign  I turn the message board off andd drag the game out as long as possible.

I do it because I have too much games on.  I also ask them because if I have 80 games on I don't want to waste time on the game that i've won.

Your game load is not your opponent's problem.  They have every right to make you mate them and asking them to resign, at any point, is incredibly rude.  If it's that obviously one-sided then it shouldn't take any thought or time to find the right moves so I don't see the problem.  I don't get irked at all when I'm in a hopelessly won position and am forced to play it out.

I certainly agree that it is rude to ask for a resignation