I would suggest it depends on how much time you have left too. If there are no pawns/blocked pawns and you have enough time to make 50 moves without a capture you can try for a draw that way.
If you can repeat the board position three times, you can claim a draw also.
There is no etiquette in chess. It is war. There is nothing polite in war.
What about gallantry? Are there not Knights on the board?
Just play the game to its conclusion. If you lose in time, then it wasn't a draw after all. If you hit 50 or 3 then it's a draw! :)
In a draw position, it is obviously polite to resign if you have considerably less time than your opponent.
It's equally boorish to go around complaining about the bad etiquette of others.
I'm lost here...why would you resign a position just because you are in time trouble?
I'm lost here...why would you resign a position just because you are in time trouble?
Beause you know you are going to lose on time or want to start another game or a combination of both.
Because you just became very ill.
Because your wife tells you to stop immediately.
Because your husband tells you to stop immediately.
Because your right foot starts to hurt very badly.
Because you are not in a mood to play chess.
There are many reasons or possible reasons...
"just because you are in time trouble"
Aren't we all in time trouble in the grand game of life?
You'll need to have a bit more fight if you want to get a decent rating old chap.
There are plenty of drawn positions that can be defended with a 1 second increment.
Nonsense thread.
In a draw position, it is obviously polite to resign if you have considerably less time than your opponent.
As Scotty said, silly thread.
In a draw position, it is obviously polite to resign if you have considerably less time than your opponent.
I don't get this conversation.. Why should someone resign in a drawn position? How is it that you expect your opponent to resign but you don't think to offer a draw? You don't have to offer a draw any more than your opponent has to resign. Maybe you should resign. Of all of the things that one could think people should feel compelled to do, that makes just about as much sense as anything else.
I don't get this conversation.. Why should someone resign in a drawn position? How is it that you expect your opponent to resign but you don't think to offer a draw? You don't have to offer a draw any more than your opponent has to resign. Maybe you should resign. Of all of the things that one could think people should feel compelled to do, that makes just about as much sense as anything else.
In all fairness, he isn't talking about just resigning a drawn position. He is talking about resigning a 'drawn' position when you are really short on time.
It's no wonder there are so many bad chess players around here. Nobody seems to pay attention to details.
many comments in numerous threads have said never resign no matter the position on the board or the clock...if you cannot beat your opponent at least make them go all the way
In a draw position, it is obviously polite to resign if you have considerably less time than your opponent.
If you really want to talk chess ettiquette, in a drawn position, take the draw, fool!
Because nobody else seems to understand this concept, if I have 20 seconds, and my opponent has say, 40, and I'm theoretically winning (i.e. I had R and 3 P's vs R one time and he refused the draw, and this was before I knew about pre-move - since then, I use it often!), I will premove every move, checking frequently, just to run him out of time. If he offers a draw from the start in a drawn position, I'll take it, or if I catch it too late because I premoved or moved fast, I'll offer back - one time!
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In a draw position, it is obviously polite to resign if you have considerably less time than your opponent.
This edit should better explain what I'm talking about: My opponent and I were stonewalled with only bishops left. There was no way to move or attack the pawns and no way around them. We were just moving our bishops and kings around until someone ran out of time. My opponent had about 15 min left on the clock and I had 20-25. I finally offered a draw after awhile, but felt he should have just resigned. I was new to chess then, and haven't seen another game like it yet, so guess it isn't that common. I would offer a draw sooner, now. Maybe I was just being uptight.