would you resign?

Hey everyone, i'm pretty much a beginner in chess and wanted to ask you this.

a situation that probably doesnt occur in games between two decent players, but bound to happen to a beginner like me,

would you resign a game, if you just lost a queen?

Now i'm not talking about sacrificing your queen for a clever mate in 24,239 moves,  a desperate measure when you have only 10 seconds on the clock, an exgchange of queen for bishop + rook or even just a rook.

i'm talking abou losing your queen, and getting nothing in return.

in that case, would you resign, or try to sit through the entire game, seeing the loss move by move, hoping for a big mistake from the other guy?

that is my question

Nimrod Weinberg.

well, if you were playing another 1680ish player and everything was equal.. until you blunder a queen, and youre a full queen down- then yes, resign. with everything it "depends on position" but if youre dead then youre dead. if the seeing the loss in the certain position is instructive then try it, but otherwise I would quit

I regularly find myself in positions where I have to blow a queen for a rook and minor piece, and sometimes it even comes out well.  As for losing queen for rook, if I lost the material in such a way that I got little or no other compensation and I was equal or worse before, then I'd resign.

No.  I ask that the opponent should at least show me how he/she can cleverly take advantage of the loss.  I'm not a GM playing for money.  I'd like to see how things fall out.

 This is a good point. I've won 15 minute games after hanging a queen.

If there's zero compensation and I'm just a queen down I'd resign without making another move.  Remember this is a bit rare though at any level, usually you at least get the piece that's capturing her, ie after a knight fork you're "only" down 6 points after you recapture, in those cases I'll play a little longer.

The only time I might keep playing down a queen for nothing is a blitz game where I have more time left than my opponent.

Against an even rated and experienced player, with no time trouble, it's not an automatic resign, but it is close.

I blundered a queen for a knight (I think) against a much lower rated player, by getting ahead of myself and playing the 2nd move of a combination without checking to see if he played the "right" answer to the first move.    I thought about resigning, but decided to make him earn it.  Ended up winning the game after a string of tactical shots that won more than enough material back. 

It all depends on why your playing.  If you're trying to build your rating, then by all means play on and hope to take advantage of any opportunity for help that presents itself to you.  You might be able to stumble into a draw or something.  

Also, you might be interested in seeing how difficult you can make if for your opponent and try to catch him napping and find some nice counter play. 

However, if you're more interested in playing competitive games that aren't dependent on your opposition screwing up then you might as well resign and move on to your next game.  

For these and other reasons I tend to play mainly unrated games.  This way I don't feel locked in to having to defend a hopless position on the chance that I might save some rating points. I just resign and get on with my life.

Quit snacking and quit. I'd resign immediately and severely chastise myself. To me, it's not made any better if the opponent turns out to be a maniac who let's you win. Doesn't this just make the fiasco of a game even more ridiculous? Let's grow up a bit and aim for better chess. If hoping your opponent is a nutter is your best chance, forget it.

No dont resign.You made a mistake so hopefully your opponent will do likewise.Theres plenty of time left for you to turn things around.

Lose my Queen with no compensation, you say? I'd resign before you could even give me a smug grin, probably before you even got the Queen off the board.

I hung my queen in a game recently although I did take the rook which was attacking my queen for compensation. In this game I felt like resigning because my position was terrible: my king was in the open, my pawn formation was all over the place, I was down in material and I was playing against an opponant who had beaten me previously so I knew he could beat me! But I didn't resign, mainly because I am so competetive and I don't know when to give in. I ended up winning this game because my opponant made a couple of blunders and I was able to make the most of them. So maybe play on for a couple of moves and see if you can get some counterplay. If things just keep getting worse and you end up more material down then yes resign.

That's a hard question. Most of my checkmate-focused attack are mainly led by my queen. I guess it would depend of the position.