I kind of feel like it's unfair to the person who's winning - like I'm depriving him or her of the fun of seeing their strategy through. I do resign sometimes, though, if it's both hopeless and tedious.
Why don't some players resign
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Sometimes they flunk it with all their material and give their opponent's king no legal move. Oops - stalemate!
But yes, just resign in a hopeless position.
kaynight wrote:
Wow! Never heard this before on the threads.
Well you have now 
kaynight wrote:
In the mane, you guys are thinking on the hoof.
Funny lol!
Tara8888 wrote:
I kind of feel like it's unfair to the person who's winning - like I'm depriving him or her of the fun of seeing their strategy through. I do resign sometimes, though, if it's both hopeless and tedious.
Ok, this is good point for not resigning, but it takes some time for the winning player to see a strategy through if the time-limit per move is say 3 days and the oponent insists on making you wait the whole three days before they move again.
brimhat wrote:
Why don't some players resign when the position is clearly hopeless and the likelyhood of a draw is zero. There's no point in flogging a dead horse.
Well, this position was clearly hopeless--yet I managed to find a draw. That is why I do not automatically resign when the position is won. See: http://www.chess.com/blog/OldChessDog/draw go to move number 44.
Some times if I play on my phone I cannot chat or hit the resign button. So I am sure some think I am sand bagging . So if I am in a hopeless position I have to offer my pieces up for slaughter .
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Why don't some players resign when the position is clearly hopeless and the likelyhood of a draw is zero. There's no point in flogging a dead horse.