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tworthington1
tworthington1
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Aug 6, 2008
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#21

Resigning is a personal choice, there is no right or wrong.  If your opponent wants you to resign because they are in a hurry to move on let them resign.  If your opponent thinks your situation is hopeless and you are wasting their time, they should checkmate you.  If they are unable to checkmate you maybe they are not all that good.

Duffer1965
Duffer1965
Aug 6, 2008
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tworthington wrote:

Resigning is a personal choice, there is no right or wrong.  If your opponent wants you to resign because they are in a hurry to move on let them resign.  If your opponent thinks your situation is hopeless and you are wasting their time, they should checkmate you.  If they are unable to checkmate you maybe they are not all that good.

Well said.

I sometimes play on when it's fairly hopeless, and sometimes I resign very early -- like move 10 if I've bungled the opening and dropped a piece. It depends entirely on the particular circumstances. With friends who like to chat, I play on because I'm enjoying the conversation. When I have too many games going, it does not make sense to spend a lot of time trying to scrape a draw out of a bungled position when I can concentrate on other games.

Part of the secret to living with other humans is developing the ability to accept behavior that does not mirror identically what you would do in that situation.

I would prefer not to play with someone who will flip out if I either resign early or fail to resign in a lost position. I don't know what I might end up doing, so I'd prefer to play with people who have some flexibility. It's nice when my oppoent can be open minded about my good faith; whatever I'm doing, it won't be to irritate him or her.

jhuschstp
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Aug 6, 2008
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#23

haha funny

bigmac26
bigmac26
Aug 6, 2008
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#24

It's rude and selfish to carry on playing when both you and your opponent know you're doomed BUT IF YOU HONESTLY THINK THERE IS A CHANCE THEN CARRY ON. At the end of the day it's YOUR decision and no one else's.

nuts_INACTIVE
nuts_INACTIVE
Nov 27, 2008
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#25

if i will resign in the middle of the tournament, will my rating go down because of the game i havent finished ,even not started?

willisl0
willisl0
Nov 27, 2008
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#26
ThaddeusK wrote:

i resign when i have no chance of winning, because it is disrespectful to your opponent and a waste of everyones time to continue playing when the game's outcome has been decided.

 agreed

Vance917
Vance917
Nov 27, 2008
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#27

Three times in the past week or so I got draws in games in which I was destroyed.  Now this is not why I didn't resign -- each game was against a friend, and the point was the conversation more than the outcome of the game, so keeping the game going meant also keeping the conversation going.  I had no intention of getting a draw in any one of them, with just my lonely king against a myriad of power pieces in two of the games, and against a king and queen in the third.  Yet this is still how these games turned out.  Go figure.

BlueKnightShade
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Nov 27, 2008
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#28

This issue has been brought up so many times. I will quote one of my answers from an earlier thread: http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/resigning

post number 19:

 

BlueKnightShade wrote:

Some people say that they will play the game to the end. But that is exactly why people usually resign; the game came to the end so they resigned. Why continue playing a position where there is no game any longer?

 

Even chess masters don't resign as long as there is a game going on. That means if there are tactics in the position, traps, counter attack possibilities, stalemate combinations and whatever. But as soon as there is nothing left then the game is over and they resign. It really does make sense in my opinion.

 

So the crucial point is: When is there nothing left? And that depends highly on the player's playing strenght. Thus a simple advice is: Don't resign unless the game has ended according to your own beliefs and feelings regarding that particular position. Isn't that what people usually do anyway?

 

An exception could be if there are only a few moves left before the checkmate and the checkmate picture is a beautiful position. Many players will probably like to see a beautiful checkmate position performed on the board. And those extra moves don't really matter. But do not drag it out like waiting 5 days to make a forced move. That is silly. 

xMenace
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Nov 27, 2008
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Vance917 wrote:

Three times in the past week or so I got draws in games in which I was destroyed.  Now this is not why I didn't resign -- each game was against a friend, and the point was the conversation more than the outcome of the game, so keeping the game going meant also keeping the conversation going.  I had no intention of getting a draw in any one of them, with just my lonely king against a myriad of power pieces in two of the games, and against a king and queen in the third.  Yet this is still how these games turned out.  Go figure.

Those were some pretty weak games Surprised 

While I appreciate your sentiment, if I'm down a queen, I will resign. I don't deserve a draw by stalemate, and I won't waste my time trying to get one.

Vance917
Vance917
Nov 27, 2008
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#30

Well xMenace, thank you for pointing out not only my inadequacies but also those of my opponents and friends.  Sorry that we can't measure up to your standards on the chess board.  If only you had tact to match your chess ability.

cyyoum
cyyoum
Nov 27, 2008
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#31

I resign when I can not win or draw. I'm sure stronger players could given the same position.

KvothDuval
KvothDuval
Dec 12, 2013
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#32
davebrah wrote:
Mygame5377 wrote:

 Why play a game that u are not going to win or even have a chance at? 

interesting sentiment.

why the f**k did you bump this thread?