Why Resign?
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May 15, 2018
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#204
I've been puzzled when some players have resigned against me. But I certainly don't resign until it's clear I have no chance of gaining a local material advantage and winning.
May 15, 2018
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#205
TremaniSunChild wrote:
glamdring27 wrote:
What on earth is the point? I could be well on my way through playing another game in that time, which would be far more interesting and a more worthwhile use of my time. Time is a valuable resource to some people.
So 5 minutes is too valuable? Woah!
Of course it is. If the prize is worth having then it isn't but why would I waste 5 minutes to lose a game of chess when I can use my brain to know it is lost 5 minutes earlier. People who don't value 5 minutes obviously have far too much spare time!
May 15, 2018
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#206
TremaniSunChild wrote:
glamdring27 wrote:
Yeah cos an opponent who has to beat you on the board with 2 Bishops and a Rook up will be quaking in their boots next time they face you because you didn't resign...such a show of strength would probably make them resign 1st move against you next time.
Well it's their fault for not converting! I was once down a Queen for a Knight, (With a Rook for each side) and my opponent had # in 1. I won that game (not on time either!)
No-one is saying they don't convert it. The point is when they do and inevitably will convert it, hence why it was a sensible option for me to resign early.
If I'm in a lost position and winning or drawing depends on my opponent blundering, I resign; because the rest of the game is a waste of time; win or lose
glamdring27 wrote:
Ok you can learn a lot about technique by not resigning. What do you learn through resignation?
TremaniSunChild wrote:
glamdring27 wrote:
Yeah cos an opponent who has to beat you on the board with 2 Bishops and a Rook up will be quaking in their boots next time they face you because you didn't resign...such a show of strength would probably make them resign 1st move against you next time.
Well it's their fault for not converting! I was once down a Queen for a Knight, (With a Rook for each side) and my opponent had # in 1. I won that game (not on time either!)
No-one is saying they don't convert it. The point is when they do and inevitably will convert it, hence why it was a sensible option for me to resign early.
glamdring27 wrote:
Either that or others don't have enough spare time. In any case, what else can you do in 5 minutes that is worthwhile?
TremaniSunChild wrote:
glamdring27 wrote:
What on earth is the point? I could be well on my way through playing another game in that time, which would be far more interesting and a more worthwhile use of my time. Time is a valuable resource to some people.
So 5 minutes is too valuable? Woah!
Of course it is. If the prize is worth having then it isn't but why would I waste 5 minutes to lose a game of chess when I can use my brain to know it is lost 5 minutes earlier. People who don't value 5 minutes obviously have far too much spare time!
TremaniSunChild wrote:
glamdring27 wrote:
TremaniSunChild wrote:
glamdring27 wrote:
What on earth is the point? I could be well on my way through playing another game in that time, which would be far more interesting and a more worthwhile use of my time. Time is a valuable resource to some people.
So 5 minutes is too valuable? Woah!
Of course it is. If the prize is worth having then it isn't but why would I waste 5 minutes to lose a game of chess when I can use my brain to know it is lost 5 minutes earlier. People who don't value 5 minutes obviously have far too much spare time!
Either that or others don't have enough spare time. In any case, what else can you do in 5 minutes that is worthwhile?
There is a point in what he says, glamdring27.
Wait for some time and win the match.
What is so wrong in that?
May 16, 2018
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#214
It is hard to wait 5 min whenever you finished a game because that is just annoying. Well it is my fault for aborting games all the time.
I resign because I don't like me opponent.
May 16, 2018
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#217
Well it's not for me to tell you what you can do with 5 minutes of your time, but there's plenty a normal person can do, even if it is just the first 5 minutes of the next game.
'Wait for some time and win the match'
Sure, if winning is a realistic option, but people don't usually resign in positions where winning is a realistic option so really you are saying wait 5 minutes until you get the same result you would have got 5 minutes earlier.
May 16, 2018
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#218
TremaniSunChild wrote:
glamdring27 wrote:
TremaniSunChild wrote:
glamdring27 wrote:
Yeah cos an opponent who has to beat you on the board with 2 Bishops and a Rook up will be quaking in their boots next time they face you because you didn't resign...such a show of strength would probably make them resign 1st move against you next time.
Well it's their fault for not converting! I was once down a Queen for a Knight, (With a Rook for each side) and my opponent had # in 1. I won that game (not on time either!)
No-one is saying they don't convert it. The point is when they do and inevitably will convert it, hence why it was a sensible option for me to resign early.
Ok you can learn a lot about technique by not resigning. What do you learn through resignation?
I don't need to learn anything from it. If I resign it is because something has already gone wrong. I can learn from that, not from the stretching out of the inevitable loss.
Apart from that though why should I need to learn anything? I'm just playing chess. I don't need to learn stuff every game. I stopped making significant improvements in chess long ago. Now I just play for enjoyment.
What on earth is the point? I could be well on my way through playing another game in that time, which would be far more interesting and a more worthwhile use of my time. Time is a valuable resource to some people.