Etiquette versus Playing On

Well, losing a queen is a sure loss most of the time, even losing a piece. At your level, in blitz the advantage can shift easily, so etiquette is something you should not worry about right now.

Merely resign because they've lost their Queen? Even in bullet chess nobody should say "merely lost their Queen".

Anyway, I believe you are talking about blitz, seeing as how that's all you play here so no I don't believe there is any serious etiquette.

Personally, I do expect people to resign before the point of playing purely for a stalemate in any format, but opinions vary and I wouldn't worry about it.

When playing blitz (and even rapid), time is a significant factor in the game. If one thinks they have a winning position, then delivering checkmate before running out of time should be no problem. If they can't, then that position wasn't winning after all. If you insert some weird etiquette rule about needing to resign rather than winning or drawing because of time, then that defeats the purpose of the time control. I don't expect an opponent to resign unless they don't feel like playing on. That's the only time I ever resign.

All things being equal (it depends on the position), two rooks are better than a queen because they can combine forces and double attack things.

it is proper etiquette to resign a game with serious material disadvantage.. And it is definitely poor etiquette to run around with your king hoping your opp will run out of time before delivering checkmate. But this is only an issue for more experienced better players playing each other  not for beginners. ...

Enforcer - I have to disagree.. With an hour left on the clock, and between twos good players - sure, resign a lost position and move on.. But in blitz/rapid? Time is meant to be part of the game. If you can't deliver checkmate before you run out of time, and you run out of time first, you lose (or draw at best)! That's how those time controls are meant to work. There's no etiquette that says you need to resign.

But then consider the longer time control.. Someone above said "2 rooks are better than a queen" - maybe so.. But that's no reason to resign either.. White is statistically better than black. No one suggests that black should just resign.. One position is only better than another if the player can win with it (unless you resign).

I always let my constructors work to death and usually I end up building my nice hotels and other projects in time or even faster. I would recommend to never resign, keep playing on.

It is fine to resign when you have no real chance to win any more and your opponent, barring a brain seizure or something, will march on to an easy win.

On timed games, time needs to be kept in mind. If you still have at least a pawn and your opponent has seconds left with no increment, I won't tell you to resign even if three pieces down.

I completely agree with you honorable sir.