if you are about to lose badly, do you resign or continue?
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Never ever resign !
Even if you are losing！
I never resign because there's always a chance that your opponent will blunder - right? Even when I only have a king sometimes we CAN get a stalemate!
if you continue play in a hopeless position, just praying for a mistake, you need to just resign. such play is weak.
SorryImAnon wrote:
SunTzu_56 wrote:
if you continue play in a hopeless position, just praying for a mistake, you need to just resign. such play is weak.
nah noone has to take that from u
ok you are hot but i promise not to message you
i think it comes down to respect for your opponent
Oct 23, 2019
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SunTzu_56 wrote:
if you continue play in a hopeless position, just praying for a mistake, you need to just resign. such play is weak.
if it were "hopeless"--if my opponent had 2 queens and 2 rooks and i had only my king, i wouldn't be praying for a mistake... ((i might be attempting to get myself locked into a draw though))
Oct 23, 2019
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#29
SunTzu_56 wrote:
if you continue play in a hopeless position, just praying for a mistake, you need to just resign. such play is weak.
the "hopeless" position itself was reached via a mistake. typically the last mistake in the game loses. the player has to decide whether to conserve energy & minimize negativity for the next game or go all out to see if it can be turned around. the bunny has played badly in openings OTB many times and found himself in inferior positions that he has reversed quite a few times while he has quit the rest. so now the bunny is left to wonder whether his judgement was so good or what might have happened had he played on in those other games as well.
SorryImAnon wrote:
SunTzu_56 wrote:
i think it comes down to respect for your opponent
its not respectful or disrespectful to resign or play
so, no response to the "hot"comment? lol. no really, havent you ever played a game that was so beautiful that you would absolutely hate to win on a blunder? if my opponent obviously is very skilled, it just feels rude to anticipate an error. what does one say at the conclusion of such a game.?
Also, please see my prior post about meeting a chess wife on this site.
Oct 23, 2019
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#31
autobunny wrote:
SunTzu_56 wrote:
if you continue play in a hopeless position, just praying for a mistake, you need to just resign. such play is weak.
the "hopeless" position itself was reached via a mistake. typically the last mistake in the game loses. the player has to decide whether to conserve energy & minimize negativity for the next game or go all out to see if it can be turned around. the bunny has played badly in openings OTB many times and found himself in inferior positions that he has reversed quite a few times while he has quit the rest. so now the bunny is left to wonder whether his judgement was so good or what might have happened had he played on in those other games as well.
i like the bunny! suntzu, not so much...
Also...hmmm...USA. Intriguing...
OUAT2TLG AND AUTOBUNNY... you have given sun Tzu much to think about .
How many of you play out this position as black? You're wasting your opponent's time as well as your own time. Neither player stands to learn anything, and basically you are telling your opponent "Yeah, I honestly believe you can screw this up...". Play another game and learn something.
resign, after all I play chess for improvement, testing my idea on practice, for me 100 lose equal one win on real tournament
Oct 23, 2019
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btickler wrote:
How many of you play out this position as black? You're wasting your opponent's time as well as your own time. Neither player stands to learn anything, and basically you are telling your opponent "Yeah, I honestly believe you can screw this up...". Play another game and learn something.
or maybe it's not about learning something, or respect, or winning---maybe it's just wasting time. why is that seen to be so negative. have you never played just to kill a couple hours...? why should every game be so very serious...? ((would you like to wander aimlessly in my direction for a while...?))
SorryImAnon wrote:
its fine to play it
You have the right to play it out. Whether it's "fine" is another matter. Would you play this out against your best friend that is evenly rated with you? What if the same basic K+Q mate occurs a dozen times in a row...you play them all out to mate? Really? If not against your best friend, you should not play it out against anyone.
btickler wrote:
and basically you are telling your opponent "Yeah, I honestly believe you can screw this up...".
yeah, i kind of use that statement as my guide. And Anon....waaaaaaat….?
Oct 23, 2019
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btickler wrote:
How many of you play out this position as black? You're wasting your opponent's time as well as your own time. Neither player stands to learn anything, and basically you are telling your opponent "Yeah, I honestly believe you can screw this up...". Play another game and learn something.
1 h8=Q, Ka7 2. Qc8
and new players would have learnt a stalemate pattern to avoid 
or one would learn how hard a bullet player hits himself.
a good player, white to move, would mate it in 3 moves. a bullet player would choose a rook.
No point resigning in Bullet, it's over in no time anyway. Even Nakamura says to never resign in Bullet.