Resigning vs Playing it out

Lime-is-a-crime · 2025-12-24T06:44:46-08:00

I just played a game with someone who is very against playing chess games out. They were extremely rude about it, but I wanted to get some more perspective on resigning vs playing it out. I personally really like to play through to mate. To me, it's an important part of the game that is fun to

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Lime-is-a-crime

Jan 12, 2026

#61

How are there so many trolls on this forum? I get one, but two? That 10% of the people that replied.

Is this normal here?

MrChatty

Jan 12, 2026

#62

I just wanted to understand what in person game is

shru

Jan 12, 2026

#63

It depends on how much a player is winning by, if there is forced mate, and how much time they have. Really depends.

MrChatty

Jan 12, 2026

#64

fraserhm wrote:

It depends on how much a player is winning by, if there is forced mate, and how much time they have. Really depends.

Is it the definition of in person game?

Lime-is-a-crime

Jan 12, 2026

#65

MrChatty wrote:

I just wanted to understand what in person game is

A game played with someone in the same room on physical chess board.

MrChatty

Jan 12, 2026

#66

Lime-is-a-crime wrote:

A game played with someone in the same room on physical chess board.

Ok, it does not change online ratings on chess.com

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