Why Resign?

We always resign at bad moments. Do you think this is good?

I have resigned a game for no other reason than to go to lunch.

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I resign games that I make stupid mistakes in that I cannot salvage. I don't think I learn much from trying to play out a hopeless position that I know where it went wrong in the first place.

Sometimes I resign when I have a position that I know for sure that i cannot win. So i think to myself "What is the point of playing on if I'm going to lose anyway."

I don't really like wasting time trying to salvage a lost position.

From a learning perspective, it makes sense to resign when the position is such that if you and your opponent switched sides, you could win easily.

If your goal is getting a high rating, you want to maximize your win percentage.  To maximize win percentage against opponents of your current strength, you need to learn.  Because time is finite, efficient use of time works towards getting the highest rating possible.  Playing on in a dead lost position is unlikely to salvage the game (and thus immediate points) and unlikely to teach you anything you can use to win future games (and thus unlikely to gain you future points).

Basically, playing on in a dead lost position won't teach you anything, is unlikely to gain you anything in the short term, and uses up time that you could use to improve your game in the long term.

I comment you should play till the end.

It depends on what is a bad moment.  Even when I'm behind in material, if I can possibly generate an attack before my opponent checkmates me - though it usually would mean at least one weak move on his part, I'll keep playing.

When it becomes obvious my opponent is closing in on an obvious checkmate I can not stop, then I'll resign.

Good choice, but if the opponent stalemates you?

please answer.

I have never resigned a game because my opponent can still blunder and force a draw or lose the game. That's my opinion 🙂

And tell more.

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How can you learn fortress-building, perpetual check set-ups, and counterplay if you never try to employ them in a stress (i.e. losing) position?

I don't resign as long as I have counterplay, or else until I see the checkmate coming with no way to stop it.  Do I make blunders?  Yes, and sometimes they're huge and grant no compensation, but there's value in playing them out.  And I salvage wins and draws far more often because of it.  Some players (most notably Frank Marshall) made a living out of swindles.

Your opponent should have to earn a victory.  And even when you feel they've earned it, make them fight to keep it.

You're right

But i rarely resign.

Should i start resigning hopeless matches.

Sometimes I resign because the phone rings; or maybe I just gotta go poop.

Sometimes - if I had time, and their chat is enabled - I've explained to my opponent that I have to leave the game early for whatever reason, and they graciously accepted an otherwise unwarranted draw (but this is pretty rare - points over people!).

I think that resigning doesn't let the opponent to enjoy a win by a checkmate. I never resign. And i won by checkmate very few times because of resigning.