Why do people resign after they lose their Queen???

Hi Folks...

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So now I know why people resign after they lose their queen...

At low levels, where I play at, losing a queen can sometimes work in your favour as the opponent can (and it's happened to me) take his/her eye of the board...I've won many games having lost/blundered my queen.

I am certain this does not happen at higher levels of play ;-)

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Does it wind anyone else up when you trap your opponents queen/take her, then your opponent resigns?

Grrrr....i hate it when people do that!!

(perhaps these types of players have an emotional attachment to their queen)

Powerful she may be, but the King holds infinite power...

I resign if i lose the queen for less than a rook, so anything -/+5 (for opponent)with no big attack is just resignable, anybody under 1000 shouldnt though, even under 1200, once did this experiment against an 1100 and he lost it right back, but for 0 compensation, i got a bishop for my queen, which is how i eventually won.

I mean I can go to the next game

hahhaha - LOVE THIS POST! Thanks!

Personally, it drives me crazy when we're having a good game and then I take an opponent's Queen and they almost immediately quit. Some of my best wins have been when I've been without my Queen and my opponent has one. Some of my worst losses have been when I've taken opponent's Queen and they turn the game and beat me. Besides, ya know, they might just get a new Queen if they manage to get a Pawn to the end of my board, which happens too. IMO, resigning is quitting.

Queen is coping machine when you look at her

But that is you. And I hear you. And I like to fight on but I don't always do so. Each player has a right to make their own choices. Sometimes it might be a child needing help in another room, or your opponent isn't feeling well. Sometimes they're tilting and choose to end game instead of getting further in the weeds (something I need to learn to do more often).

I don't care WHY I win. It all counts the same (I think) to Stockfish. And with the additional time you now have, you can play another game. That sounds like a win to me, regardless ... right?

i rarely ever resign when i lose my queen cause they might blunder their queen or i might get stalemated

only good players do that that and only good players should do that, as long as they are playing another good player, because if your opponent is bad they might blunder there queen right back

Sometimes, "good" players resign after blundering a knight, bishop, or two pawns with an equal position. at 1600-1800 this gets annoying in the same way blundering a queen gets annoying at 700-1200.