Never Give Up Never Surrender

I quite like Varuzhan Akobian ( 2645 ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh4sO1ICS_Q as an example.
In his round 9 game against Fabiano Caruana ( 2817 ) he was two joined passed pawns down.
I was watching via http://uschesschamps.com/2017-us-championships/information/live where the stockfish thing helpfully suggested -3 more or less.
Amazingly GM Akobian turned it around and won.
 

What if he had been down a queen and a rook?

Never give up !!

In Rapid/Blitz under time pressure, play for stalemate... or just push pawns, your opponent might forget to watch 'em and you get a Q back. I just did the latter and then hung the Queen . GMs may be too high and mighty to attempt such things... those of us down at 1000 to 1400 certainly shouldn't be... 

@2Q1C - No I have not. It is my practice to play through the games of the winner of the tournament at the end. What colour did he have in the French ? 

The fighting spirit of Akobian against Caruana has filled me with hope...that I can make some improvements​ with my chess regardless of my lack of talent and materials. Staying up here till 5 am to complete viewing the streaming, it was immensely worth it.

Thank you, 2Q1C! Been inspired by your love and commitment to the game as well. I wish you the very best of luck with your chess and life.

Then the game would have been one for the ages.

Seriously, when was the last time you saw a 2600 player down a queen and a rook?

Seriously, I was asking a sarcastic question meant to ridicule the title of the thread.

If I'm down in material and have no chance to win because of the position, I'll resign.

But if there's a chance to complicate things when I'm down, then I do NOT resign and I try to follow one of Fred Wilson's principles in his book Simple Attacking Plans: "Point all your pieces at your opponent's King."

Here's a good example where I won when I was down a Rook and in a bad position:

Damn nigga