Is It Unsportsmanlike to Delay Checkmate?

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Avatar of MightyBorough
lostpawn247 wrote:
MeercatsForMayor wrote:

I would argue it's rude to promote 7 knights. Just checkmate and move on. You shouldn't make someone sit around.

The player with the 7 knights isn't forcing their opponent to do anything except make the choice to resign or play on in an obviously lost position.

If a player is going to have a "never resign" mentality, they need to realize that they risk moments, where their opponent isn't seeking the quickest victory, and stop acting like a self-righteous victim when it happens. The resign button exists for a reason. Save some time, take the L, and move on to the next game.

Some people are taught to never re sign and to keep going to the death, to last man to the last breath. Like the 300 Spartans and all other Greek cultures like the Athenians, Macedonian etc etc and as a result would never accept defeat. Sometimes it's cultural upbringing.

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MightyBorough wrote:
lostpawn247 wrote:
MeercatsForMayor wrote:

I would argue it's rude to promote 7 knights. Just checkmate and move on. You shouldn't make someone sit around.

The player with the 7 knights isn't forcing their opponent to do anything except make the choice to resign or play on in an obviously lost position.

If a player is going to have a "never resign" mentality, they need to realize that they risk moments, where their opponent isn't seeking the quickest victory, and stop acting like a self-righteous victim when it happens. The resign button exists for a reason. Save some time, take the L, and move on to the next game.

Some people are taught to never re sign and to keep going to the death, to last man to the last breath. Like the 300 Spartans and all other Greek cultures like the Athenians, Macedonian etc etc and as a result would never accept defeat. Sometimes it's cultural upbringing.

dAdDy sPaRtA tOlD mE nOt tO rESiGn

Avatar of Hripfria202

I hate people that delay checkmate. It's like toxic behavior. If I just want to get checkmated quickly instead of resignation, and move on, but no, they delay it by promoting all of their pawns. I myself never did that in my life, I always played checkmate as quickly as I could see. Sometimes I miss a quick checkmate, but I always play it as soon as I can see it

Avatar of Hripfria202

In these cases that you described either way you lose, if you resign, and if you play on, in both cases you're humiliated. I plan someday when someone does that intentionally to me to ruin their day by wasting their time as they waste my time by doing that. As a someone who is somewhat ashamed to resign, I hate those people who delay checkmate

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Don't be ashamed man it's a natural resignation everyone does

Avatar of GubbyPancake

Sure but later

Avatar of GubbyPancake

Maybe unrated?

Avatar of GubbyPancake

???

Avatar of Hripfria202

Today I somewhat tilted, 6 lost games and 1 lucky draw 🥺

Avatar of vishyarunprasanand
I find it very
Avatar of Friend0fFischer

No!

Avatar of somdumbasssss

its clearly not

Avatar of theGoodtheBadandtheCuddly

yeah, hopefully you will blunder and make a stalemate.