if you are about to lose badly, do you resign or continue?

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glamdring27

No point resigning in Bullet, it's over in no time anyway.  Even Nakamura says to never resign in Bullet.

adamzhang2012
Never ever resign !
adamzhang2012
Even if you are losing!
The_Alphas

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!

SunTzu_56

if you continue play in a hopeless position, just praying for a mistake, you need to just resign. such play is weak.

SunTzu_56
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

SunTzu_56

i think it comes down to respect for your opponent

OUAT2TLG
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))

autobunny
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.

SunTzu_56
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.grin.png

OUAT2TLG
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...

SunTzu_56

Also...hmmm...USA. Intriguing...

SunTzu_56

OUAT2TLG AND AUTOBUNNY...  you have given sun Tzu much to think about .

DiogenesDue

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.

hisokaxhunter

resign, after all I play chess for improvement, testing my idea on practice, for me 100 lose equal one win on real tournament

acgusta2

This is how a player could screw up with a king and queen vs king

 

OUAT2TLG
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...?))

DiogenesDue
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.

SunTzu_56
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….?

autobunny
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 wink.png

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.