When to Resign
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I have found that when you resign is when it is hopeless to win or even draw, or when there is a majorly bad move early on. However, i have also found that not all people want you to resign, so it is better to ask them first. I'm on the losing side of games alot, so courtesy and graceful losses have come a bit more naturally than to a winner.
Mar 23, 2008
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#82
yes its me i just want to make someone prove they can win was not aware of the cost of her internet time.nontheless prove u can win which she did after some whining and slandering my name on this board, and i move as fast and often as i can. looks like most the people on here afgree with me so i feel better anyway just wanted to have my say and rest assured if u play me i will move in my alotted time but usually a few moves a day at least
Mar 23, 2008
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#83
if u check my stats my average time per move is 2 hrs 46 min i htink that is more than acceptable given i have 3 days
Mar 23, 2008
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#84
thanks to those who have taken my side and cry me a river to those on larla's i make my moves on time and then some
sorry for her exspenses but not my problem
i've played over 400 people on here and she is the only one to complain and slander my name on this site.
so i slander back larla is a poor sport and a whiner
The game is not over until the flag drops.
I have been in simmilar cases and asked myself the question "When to resign?".I remember from playing chess from a young age that the first things I learned was never to give up no matter your opponet has eight quens or none.
scizatchel3 is ridiculous on this topic. I just watched the game, and I'm about to post it.
He should've resigned weeeeeeeell before mate. He's an idiot, in my humble opinion, and anyone who supports him in this forum is misguided.
/about to post the game. You can choose the turn he ought to have resigned on. When you see he holds out till mate, you'll stop defending him.
So you tell me, chess.com... pretend you're black... when would you have resigned?
Move 27 looks resignable for me. Shitzatchel loses so much material it's ridiculous... why didn't he resign after move 29?
Who can tell.
On move 35 she has 2 Queens.... honestly...
I think it's silly for Black to play on after 29.Qxh8. Then again, I wouldn't be upset about him playing on because it's a mate-in-five: 30.e7 Kxd7 31.e8=Q+ Kc7 32.Qxd8+ Kc6 33.Qhe8+ Kb7 34.Qed7#. [Edit: 31.exd8=Q+ mates one turn faster.]
Mar 24, 2008
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#92
everyone has to decide what is correct. one player might thing another should resign. but the other may have a reason for playing. if a player continues a game for no reason other than spite, that is clearly wrong.
There you have it Shitzatchel, I rest my case. I think now maybe there is more support for me. Thanks Rael!
I mean, he's well within his right to fight it out. But an honest chess player, I mean, if he was one, would've resigned earlier Larla. You're completely right.
If I am faced with overwhelming odds, ie my oppponent has more than 1 queen, I would myself resign simply because i was brought up to respect my opponent's ability to at least force the mate. After all, if my opponent has the ability to get that far, then at least he/she should be credited with the ability to finish the game. This I did, with Maximum Prejudice, in this case.
Furthermore, Case Closed. Thanks to all who supported me.
Thread over. Case closed. It's okay, Larla, you still won. He may've been a goof for not resigning earlier, but it is well within his rights to force you to mate him. But it's over, so be happy. All is well!
I agree with you that internet here in our country is indeed expensive.Play new games or enjoy the internet... browse... browse.... Soon it will be over when he's timed out.
baltic wrote: I agree with you that internet here in our country is indeed expensive.Play new games or enjoy the internet... browse... browse.... Soon it will be over when he's timed out.
The point is moot now - because I now live in South Korea!!
I agree he should have resigned, just out of basic sportsmanship. He deserves this negative publicity.
However, A) Larla could have checkmated him much more quickly, and that would obviously have shortened the game, and B) if I'm on the ropes and I notice that my opponent doesn't go for my throat but is content to chop off one of my toes at a time, I might hang in there to see if he makes a blunder... or several, and C) when I'm crushing an opponent, it kind of cheers me up a little to have that game in my inbox. It's not like it takes any significant time or effort to keep playing, right?
Notwithstanding all that, this does seem like a pretty outrageous case of poor sportsmanship on the part of black