Can anyone play without a queen anymore?!?

It's crazy frustrating when you have what appears to be a decent match going, still many pieces on the board. Yet 9 times out of 10 someone will resign immediately if their queen is lost. Does this bother anyone else or am I just being a snob?

I tend to fight on, but I can understand why people will resign.  It is a game, it's supposed to be fun, and there is no fun in being mercilessly ground down.  Especially at the lower levels where the skills necessary to try and recover or even force a stalemate are absent, it makes a kind of sense.  There was a post I read earlier where some folks were admitting they resigned when someone played an opening they deemed boring.  I think that's sandbagging, but down a Q I can understand.

Depending on the skill level, i can see why someone would resign, or play on.

I go back and forth on this on the one hand I like to play games out, on the other I keep reading people saying that i is rude not to resign when one is losing and the last thing i wish to do is give offence. perhaps that is the mindset of your opponents?

Your obedient,

Thayne Thomas

I've blundered my queen away so many times I learned to play without it.Swapping Q's may even give you a positional advantage.