I hate when people resign.

I understand that it can be disrespectful in higher levels of chess and such, but seriously, in my low level of chess, there isn't a need to. Do you think Rommel "resigned" when he was outnumbered? Do you think the Australians "resigned" when they "might of" lost? Do you think the British "resigned" when things didn't look so good? No. And I don't understand resignation at my level. I have done it myself, but I vow to always fight on and NEVER resign.

Rommel resigned at the end when he shot himself.

When Hitler told him either he gets killed by firing squad and his family has to pay reparations or kill himself. I would not call that resigned, maybe a “sacrifice”.

Ostensibly, nein. 

I had someone resign a position in which I thought they were ahead. I'm not complaining. I agree at our lower levels, we should fight on a little longer; however, I'm not about to try to tell you how you should play your game. Resign or fight on, it's your decision.

Good for you, but there is no obligation for anyone to continue a lost game just because you think they should.

While i do agree that resigning at your level isn't advisable.  But it is someones right.  Now as for comparing a game of online chess to Rommel?  Their is no comparison.

Hitler did too. 

I think a lot of resignations are unnecessary. I have seen people, and I am guilty, who go on tilt and resign after losing a minor piece in the mid game. Even if you just wind up trading off pieces until the endgame, they can’t win with a single knight or bishop and there are a number of ways to win or draw with Kp v KN or Kp v KB, and resigning early prevents these endgame exercises that may prove necessary in an actual game.

There are also a number of ways to win at lower levels when you’re down material. I won a game earlier today after blundering a way a bishop only to see a tactical opportunity to grab a rook 5 moves later that set me up in a favorable pawn endgame.

lol. I'm just using it as a comparison to not giving up, not to playing chess.

I believe when it's to a point where there's no way to win, only draw, like a queen and king endgame, there's no point to continue, your opponent has basically won, unless if their rated 600 or below, especially if they still have a lot of time, since they would not blunder to adraw that easily, its more respectful in that case, since you're not wasting their time.

Sometimes I just shake my head. 

People whine if you dont resign.

People whine if you resign.

People whine if you resign to soon.

People whine if you wait to long to resign.

People just love to whine online.

fair enough

souptime

R I F W !!!!!!!!!

"I hate it when my opponents resign" actually means "I was looking forward to torturing a helpless opponent for another 49 moves".

Yep. Doorbell rings, gotta take a whiz bad, dogs start going crazy, stung by a bee, etc. etc. 

Well... when you know that the game is lost, like with K vs. RR+K, I could see you resigning, but not when you lose a knight or bishop on the 5th move... especially on my level.