Phantom_of_the_Opera wrote:
You WON the game right? just be happy.
I almost lost though because I considered resigning to save time
Why don't people resign?
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The person who will not resign in a completely losing position has had their feelings hurt and wants to extract some sort of revenge. You can't avoid people like this in chess or in life in general so you just have to shrug it off.
Dec 10, 2020
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#24
Poldi_der_Drache wrote:
Why do people not resign when they are clearly losing?
An apt comparison
For those of you who dont resign, you have no honor, self respect, or value of time. If youre trying to get a draw to salvage a few points, you are PATHETIC. You arent learning anything! The real reason you do it is because you are horrible at chess and trolls. The better players always resign, b/c they no they have lost. GET A LIFE!!!!
May 26, 2023
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#27
People don't resign when clearly losing because they wish to finish singing and dancing to their karaoke version of "Camptown Races". Because this involves a lot of shuffling about and waving of hands, there isn't really an opportunity to hit the resign button.
nyshoefly wrote:
For those of you who dont resign, you have no honor, self respect, or value of time. If youre trying to get a draw to salvage a few points, you are PATHETIC. You arent learning anything! The real reason you do it is because you are horrible at chess and trolls. The better players always resign, b/c they no they have lost. GET A LIFE!!!!
Not saying its right to not resign. Although it honestly sounds like you were winning against your opponent, and you either drew it due to stalemate (or another way) or lost due to time. And then you were mad enough to go into this forum and comment lol
jessicatheprodigee wrote:
In standard time chess, players sometimes choose not to resign even when they are clearly losing for a variety of reasons.
thanks ChatGPT
May 26, 2023
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#30
jessicatheprodigee wrote:
"Many players choose to play-out hopelessly lost games to gain experience and learn.Thses players hope to gain experience at, and insight into, being badly beaten."
nyshoefly wrote:
For those of you who dont resign, you have no honor, self respect, or value of time. If youre trying to get a draw to salvage a few points, you are PATHETIC. You arent learning anything!
Who the heII wants to learn anything?
If I wanted to learn I would read a chess book or something
When I play chess I am trying to win, not learn.
May 27, 2023
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#33
Things the subject is NOT thinking:
I will put the fire into time pressure...it can only burn so long.
I am learning about fire.
The fire will get arrogant and make the critical error of burning too long, allowing rain to intervene.
I respect fire, it would be rude to put it out,I will let it burn.
Even strong fires can make mistakes, I will confuse it by running in circles.
I am practicing for when I catch fire again.
Being on fire is a mind game, I won't extinguish it, that's like giving up.
Being on fire is a useful use of your time.
Not all fires are capable of fatal damage, I'm making this fire prove it can kill me.
No one can force me to put this fire out.
May 27, 2023
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#34
steve_bute wrote:
Poldi_der_Drache wrote:
Why do people not resign when they are clearly losing?
In the end, underlying all other reasons, it is because they do not value their time.
I must note, however, after looking at your game, that I would be sorely tempted to keep playing against anyone who made a habit of taking so many moves to convert a winning position.
I am pretty sure he was playing to frustrate the other player into resignation... see him giving checks while able to queen his b7 pawn.
There is only one reason. They don't have own life. Forgive them they don't know what they're doing.
nyshoefly wrote:
For those of you who dont resign, you have no honor, self respect, or value of time. If youre trying to get a draw to salvage a few points, you are PATHETIC. You arent learning anything! The real reason you do it is because you are horrible at chess and trolls. The better players always resign, b/c they no they have lost. GET A LIFE!!!!
Or, it could be that those who don't resign have had the experience of people resigning just so it doesn't look as pathetic when they lose. If I am at the beginning of the game and I am loosing drastically, yes I will resign, but if it's at the end of the game, I consider it as a message that they aren't afraid to lose and that the game was fun. It might not be how you see it, but I don't resign very often, and I value time very much. Don't overgeneralize, it could be a sign of respect that they are willing to lose to you, and not leave in a hurry to get to the next game.
There need to be option, when someone have +3 can offer $10 gambling to oponnent, who won take $20, draw both take $10 back, who lost lost $10 in case oponnent with -3 decline to resign.
Players don't resign because every 1,000 games or so they luck out a stalemate in a losing position. After all, a 403 rating is two points higher than 401.
Sep 24, 2023
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#39
You'll find plenty of threads angrily complaining that the "cowardly" opponents always resign instead of playing it out to mate "like a man".
Different people feel differently about resigning.
Personally... if I'm beat, I resign. That shows the opponent a bit of respect.
i tell my students to resign when they are in a lost position. Even if theres a chance they could make some miracle comeback because their opponents are weak. The reason being that you need to not get used to being okay with lost positions...you goal is to never get in a lost position in the first place and if you allow yourself to not care so much about that then it ruins your intuition and can halt progress.
HMM