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Most satisfying way to win
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AndyClifton wrote:
Uh-oh, another one of these...
Aww c'mon, tell me you're not just a little curious to see what people will say! LOL.
Well, maybe five years ago...
And gnashing of teeth (don't forget the gnashing of teeth!).
Hand-wringing's good too (if you can get them to hand-wring).
And scaring the chickens, too
Then for toppers you've always got to plow salt into the earth. Lots of salt.
Sep 2, 2012
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On topic: I would certainly resign if I saw an unavoidable mate looming in the near future. I would also feel silly for not having resigned rather earlier.
I would feel silly for staying on topic.
Sep 2, 2012
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CaptJackAubrey wrote:
In the online format we can win a chess game by our opponent abandoning the game (my kids call that 'rage quit'), running out of time, resigning or checkmate. I remember a fellow who posted a thread insisting that his opponent had cheated because he resigned two or three moves before he would have been checkmated.
Have you ever had someone resign just before you would have checkmate in say, one or two moves? Or have you ever had an opponent let time run out when your very next move would have been checkmate? Or let me reverse it. Would you resign or let time run out just to deny your opponent the 'pleasure' of checkmate?
This is just in fun but I am curious.
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let me reverse it. Would you resign or let time run out just to deny your opponent the 'pleasure' of checkmate?
I would resign if I saw my opponent had checkmate in two moves.
that has nothing to do with denying the opponent pleasure of checkmating but a respect to my opponent that I think he is capable of finding the mate.
no disrespect but I wouldn't resign if my opponent was rated lower than 1200 and he had mate in 2. I would see that he could actually find it.
I have myelf played a game otb three years ago and I was rated 300 points lower and in the game we both overlooked mate twice.
Yep, it's another one of those...
Sep 2, 2012
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#14
most satisfying way to win is with the lights on (but that's only part of it)
With a glass of whisky in my hand and a fantastic woman in my lap.
And don't get those mixed up.
Sep 2, 2012
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#17
Let's REALLY reverse it.
What's the most unsatisfying way to win?
I played in a tournament at UNB Fredericton where one of the players had a heart attack at the board. He ended up losing on time... although you have to admit, he had a better-than-average excuse.
Actually, that one's pretty easy for me to answer. This actually happened to an opponent of mine in a USCF tourney (you might subtitle it, "Black to play and lose"):
In the online format we can win a chess game by our opponent abandoning the game (my kids call that 'rage quit'), running out of time, resigning or checkmate. I remember a fellow who posted a thread insisting that his opponent had cheated because he resigned two or three moves before he would have been checkmated.
Have you ever had someone resign just before you would have checkmate in say, one or two moves? Or have you ever had an opponent let time run out when your very next move would have been checkmate? Or let me reverse it. Would you resign or let time run out just to deny your opponent the 'pleasure' of checkmate?
This is just in fun but I am curious.