I have noticed that if you don't resign in a lost position and go through the game that is essentially torture from that point on, you just ruin your session. You play the games to follow in a foul mood and lose more games.
Its best to acknowledge a game losing mistake and resign.
I have noticed that if you don't resign in a lost position and go through the game that is essentially torture from that point on, you just ruin your session. You play the games to follow in a foul mood and lose more games.
Its best to acknowledge a game losing mistake and resign.
I am not talking abort an arena or tournament. Im talking about chess.com live chess.
It's important to remember that you often learn more from the games you lose than the ones you win. I resigned in a drawn position in a club tournament last week; if I had just played on I'd probably earned have half a point instead of 0
It's an important lesson you had faced. I guess from that day on wards you didn't resign?
It's an important lesson you had faced. I guess from that day on wards you didn't resign?
I'm definitely looking at drawing chances way more after that. I had two pawns against a Rook in that game and it just felt hopeless, I needed to know my Rook and pawn endgames better.
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But if you just practice endgames you would again get prompted to press resign when you are pieces down.
Why do grand masters resign even if they are a pawn down?
But maybe these GMs could play for more time for a better performance, I think?
It would probably depend on whether they're playing a friendly/tournament/rated/unrated game, too
But maybe these GMs could play for more time for a better performance, I think?
I don't understand what you mean?
Better performance? There is no room for better performance in a hopeless position.
You either lose fast or you lose slow. Neither of the 2 is pleasant but losing slow might be the most unpleasant.
You might be right, but i have seen several grandmaster games, and a player resigns, though he had an option to draw the match.
I used to resign lot of games when I am down in material. But after going through some end game training (video) where a saw experts winning from what we call a lost position, I started playing till the end.
In fact i have even won few games by not giving up. In tough games after spending lot in f energy initially once the player gains a significant advantage they tend relax.
We have to take advantage of this situation.
Should i start resigning hopeless matches.
yes.
I used to resign lot of games when I am down in material. But after going through some end game training (video) where a saw experts winning from what we call a lost position, I started playing till the end.
In fact i have even won few games by not giving up. In tough games after spending lot in f energy initially once the player gains a significant advantage they tend relax.
We have to take advantage of this situation.
That's the spirit!
Should i start resigning hopeless matches.
yes.
But i won't since i like playing till the end. Even if it's a lost position we can learn something from that.
I often resign just because a game is boring and my position is worse than my opponent so I can't be bothered slogging through to the end in what seems like a clear win, though not a quick one, for my opponent. Life is too short to play boring chess games when you could start a new one that may be more interesting!
In general, a decent rule of thumb is that it's time to resign if you're confident you could take the other pieces and beat Stockfish.
Of course, that's different in blitz and bullet. Even then, you may still be able to flag your opponent, or they may blunder in time trouble, and playing to mate in those time controls doesn't take very long.
I like to play till i feel like there is no more fight left in the position (or in me). I wish i can simplify when i have winning positions and complicate it when i have losing positions. Currently what i do is either (i) try to pinpoint even small mistakes from their side (it has a psychological effect), or (ii) confuse him and try to change to positions where most moves that looks good in first impression for him are actually bad. Disclaimer: These (esp. latter) wouldn't work against strong opponents. But skills like complicating positions when you want (remember Tal) and building good or temporary fortress positions [when under pressure] can only be learnt by playing out when you are down but you feel like the game is not yet over. The skill of drawing a bad position is very important for a player.
We always resign at bad moments. Do you think this is good?
do not resign sometimes your opponent will lose because no internet connection or they blunder or u get a draw
It's important to remember that you often learn more from the games you lose than the ones you win. I resigned in a drawn position in a club tournament last week; if I had just played on I'd probably earned have half a point instead of 0