Why do people always always resign when I have mate in 1?

Boohoo

The last time there was a checkmate in a world championship game was 1929. I believe it may have been the only time but idk.

Just saying....

Some of your opponents might have be unhappy that you didn't resign and would have thought you were not being nice.

There's a cost to everything.

Efim was f'in nice, apparently.

Do not complain because someone resigns. Many will just do nothing in response to your pending checkmate and let the clock run out instead.

Resigning is what real chess players do. Not moving is what cowards do.

Most people who complain about their opponent not resigning are those who are up a couple of points of material and despise the idea they have to prove they can covert it. I still have to see someone who complains that their opponent did not resigned when it was M1 (unless the opponent was stalling, of course).

I would rather end it myself than for somebody else checkmate me.

Probably true but this is chess.com. It's only a matter of time

Better yet when you have mate in m+5 or +4 and they don't see it until mate in m+1 and then they resign. I really don't have a problem when you know you're beat, send a gg and resign. But when they don't even know their beat and play on and then resign it looks pretty silly and I have a little chuckle.

As for me I play on till the end. I just never wanted to be known as a quitter. And while chess is just a game it says something about your character.

My dear RikLikesTacos...why just settle for the "mate" ? Wouldn't you really like that extra move that allowed you to actually take your opponents King and with a furnish remove it from the board?

The thing is this was about the second resignation I checked. Just knew instantly what you said was nonsense.

So the very first game you found I lost to M1, which I allowed, was not good enough for you. You decided to soldier through and go though the rest of my games to find the only one where I did resign. Luckily for you it was not at the bottom.

What can I say? Get a life?

you've made me think, maybe I should play on more often, for the pleasure of the other player. I am afraid I am very selfish, and often short of time. I resign a game when it no longer interests me. I play on if the position looks fun, but if it gets boring for any reason, I often resign. Mate in 1 is a bit dull once both players can see it, as is a huge material advantage where there's little chance of the person who's behind managing to pull off a swindle, so I often resign in either circumstance, even if I'm on the winning side.

You must be grateful. People sometimes stall which angers you more. Resigning saves you time. It's not like you never met the satisfaction before

I like the stalemate trick.

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