I disagree. Resigning is a sign of respect for your opponent when you're in a hopeless position, but time management is part of the game so I actually think you are showing disrespect for the game when you give your opponent a game they should have lost on time. Just my $.02 (from an apparently inexhaustible supply of pennies 
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Is it just me or is resigning a sign of respect for one's opponent?
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You "feel it shows respect".
If you use the word "respect" to refer to a person's chess strength then it's not a good idea to follow your morals and principles for respecting someone elsewhere in life so you don't "show the respect" and feel that's a good idea.
Ridiculous thread.
Uhohspaghettio1 wrote:
You "feel it shows respect".
If you use the word "respect" to refer to a person's chess strength then it's not a good idea to follow your morals and principles for respecting someone elsewhere in life so you don't "show the respect" and feel that's a good idea.
Ridiculous thread.
you totally misunderstood...
You should move this thread into "chess players"
resign only if u see u cant win and dragging the game on just wastes both of you and the oppenennts time
if u are winning on time and believe u can prolong till flag, its a legit strategy.
what would happen to blitz if this happened?!?!??!?
Ummm... are you simply too lazy to type "'", "you" or "Capital letters"?
Resigning can mean many things:
1). Being sure one's opponent will win.
2). There not being anything left in the position worth playing out.
3). Wanting to finish games one is losing quickly in order to get slightly more rating points from games one is winning.
4). Needing to free up some game slots/tournament slots etc.
5). Hating one's opponent so much that one can't stand playing them any longer, even if it means taking a loss.
6). To avoid timing out
7). Any other reasons I haven't thought of
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Sometimes it's good for players to practice their end game - particularly where they are weak in that area.
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If you're opponent spends more time thinking than you do he should be able to develop a better plan, and see more tactics, etc.. than he would have if he played more quickly. So resigning just to avoid winning a lost position on time in a case like that is actually disrespecting the game itself. - because the time control is a big part of what defines the game.
A very long time ago, even before Star Wars, I used to play "postal chess". Usually you had 3 days to make a move and then you would send a post card with your move. But it might be up to two weeks before you received a reply. Thus, I would play 50 games at once so as to have a few moves come to my address each day.
In one game I was playing a strong master. But had some positional advantage. Then I found a very good move and sent it.
His response was to resign. He gave me enough respect that I would find all the continuations to win.
Here is the postion, I had Black...
I sometimes resign...even IF I am totally winning on time and my opponent will lose on time. They are up a whole queen with an easy win. I give them the game.
It is not at all a BIG DEAL, not at all. But I feel it shows respect for your opponent.