rafiek wrote:
never say die!
And yet, in 3 of your 4 losses in turn based you resigned.
Resign! Resign! Resign! But when?
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Banging his head against a wall ?! Thats not Brad ! That's Ivanchuk and he obviously just lost a game !
Pegrin wrote:
Resigning is for the convenience of the player who thinks his/her own position is hopeless, not of the player who is winning. If you still have hope, then play on. Just don't take forever to make your moves! It's OK to make your opponent prove an advantage over the board.
But you have to admit in certain circumstances there are times when one person knows he's clearly lost but still plays on against a good player hoping that the 1/100000 chance he somehow hangs a rook or stalemates the lone king, and from that point the game has absolutely no value and depending on the time control, it could be a while!
Patience, patience and some more patience. I'm playing 2 games right now I could and probably should resign both. However, I've saw my opponent make mistakes in both games and was not in the position to capitalise on them. I live in hope that he will miss something in the continuation and allow me back into the game. I'm 98% sure he won't but that doesn't mean I'm gonna resign.
He could be looking at the same doom and gloom I can see, thinking 'I wish this guy would resign.', well that's too bad.
Bottom line. You don't decide when your opponent resigns. Even if you know they should.
I wonder what happened to AfafBouardi, she didn't post for ages.
Its up to the time or a player to win or stale mate, you must lose and learn from that . If you just resign because your down 5 points,you will never learn , ask any better player than yourself and we have all played on when mybe we should have given up, hell play till theres nothing left to move on board ,wheres ya passion.
Imagine my surpise today when i logged onto chess.com and what to my wondering eyes should appear...another post on resigning and 8 tiny reindeer.
I get concerned when people need something set in stone as to when people should resign.
AnthonyCG wrote:
mwilkin9 wrote:
I hardly ever resign, but I don't see why that would be annoying at all, I think it's better to have won by Checkmate than Resignation.
I really don't get it.
Well in a K vs K+Q situation for example, it is curteous to simply resign since theres no way that the losing side could "force" a draw. Continuing on in an online tournament would pointlessly cause it to last from a week to months longer. It's a real waste of time especially since you could just start a new game instead.
Losing side couldn't force a draw but he could still get 1/2 point from a stalemate if the other guy makes a mistake.
rafiek wrote:
never say die!
Damn right. 
Resigning at ANY point shows LAZINESS and lack of respect.
Chess is war. What would've happened if Churchill "tipped his king" during WWII? WAKE UP!!!!!!
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teacher_1 wrote:
Resigning at ANY point shows LAZINESS and lack of respect.
Chess is war. What would've happened if Churchill "tipped his king" during WWII? WAKE UP!!!!!!
It's back.
No, it's a copycat, and a poor one at that.
If you recall, Cheater_1 had a strict policy of not posting in threads started by others.
Yes, that was a rather clumsy mistake by this imitator, wasn't it? I'm also still not convinced he is capitalising the right words, using a varied enough assortment of eloquent words, and of course, writing ridiculously long posts we couldn't help but read.
Truly, it's the inappropriately capitalized words that's the dead giveaway.
What's with all the folks claiming chess is war?
I got news for you fellas. Chess is not war. Chess is a board game.
bigpoison wrote:
What's with all the folks claiming chess is war?
I got news for you fellas. Chess is not war. Chess is a board game.
I'm a little more disturbed by those treating war like it's a board game than the other way around.
Resigning is a matter of taste and level. I recently resigned this game in a position that depending on your level you may or may not be able to see the win. But my opponent wasen't going to blundr it away so I just resigned and moved on- No time was wasted and I could see the win and calculated everything out so not even a chance to learn was spared.
TheGrobe wrote:
bigpoison wrote:
What's with all the folks claiming chess is war?
I got news for you fellas. Chess is not war. Chess is a board game.
I'm a little more disturbed by those treating war like it's a board game than the other way around.
Good point. What's even more disturbing is when criminals are called "enemy combatants."
never say die!