resign or checkmate

If you know you are beaten should you resign or fight till you are in checkmate. I been resigning.

If you think your opponent can successfully convert the win, resign. That way both you and your opponent can spend your time playing chess games that you might learn something from.

I played an NM the other day. I don't think he would have been very happy if I followed your advice. 

How many times does this question need to be asked? Is it like a weekly requirement for someone to "create" this topic and/or post in one of the hundred existing threads?

There is merit in resigning in recognition that your skilled opponent will not screw up - but there is merit in resigning a lost position against any opponent when you will get no pleasure from continuing.

Don't resign with mate one or two moves away. People quite like delivering mate so it is thought rather lame to resign in that particular case.

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tradshooter wrote:

If you know you are beaten should you resign or fight till you are in checkmate. I been resigning.

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At your level of play DO NOT RESIGN!! If your opponent asks you to resign, just say: If I resign, I won't get to see your WINNING TECHNIQUE!!

I resign only if I'm sure how to win that position and I'm sure my opponent can do that. If I don't know - I can study something new from the game, if I think my opponent may make a mistake, I'm waiting for it.

But I don thing you should continue to play a lost position, e.g. K vs. KRR when your opponent have enough time - it's just waisting of your time.

If I resigned any position where I was sure my opponent would be beat me, then I would probably resign on move 1 against anyone rated 2200 or higher.