yes or no

thankyou!

i will go on playing. i think it's a form of respect to my opponent, to allow him/her to end the combination. i like to see the ball enter the goal...

In chess.com DON'T resign. Especially in 1300-1400/1500, many people will fail to see it. 

Was that a giant bug on those mashed potatoes in post #28 ?

You can't decline if someone resigns.

 precisely! This is what I said before, and I was bashed and pretty much told that I'm a newbie so my opinion means nothing. 

I would ask for a rematch and guarantee it is not going to happen again.

Bribery? Automatic weapons?

Terricotta show me a Grandmasters game that end in checkmate or in the World Chess Champion matches.( fyi you won't find any)  but for a newbie like you is ok to play to the end.

I play chess for fun, not for the intention of winning. I couldn't  care less what your so highly respected grandmasters do. For any game, it only seems respectful, to let who ever is winning, finish their win. Like dancd said, it is the moral thing to do. This chess world you speak of exists within the real world, and in the real world, letting people finish their speech, their move, their combination would be the RESPECTFUL thing to do. Proper manners don't change just for a game.

Don't take it the wrong way... I mean, I actually think you got more than your fair share of harsh responses, but we're not judging your opinion because you're new or on your rating.  This is actually a recurring topic on these forums believe it or not, and the content is always the same.  People who are newer to the game (or learned a long time ago and never become more than a casual player) argue for playing until mate.  The game is still new enough to them that "anything can happen" or more pragmatically they want to see proper technique from a stronger player... which is a good reason to play 'till mate, and is fine.

More experienced players, club players, and over the board (OTB) tournament players will all tell you though that resignation is a big part of the game, and serious games almost never end in checkmate, especially at the grandmaster level.  I think I've only played till mate in one or two of my tournament games, and they were against scholastic players, and I've always resigned my own before getting mated.

Believe it or not, and this is also a recurring debate between newer players and veterans, it's considered rude to play all the way until mate between two experienced players.  If you're anything like the many who have come before you, that will probably sound crazy, and you disagree, but it's the truth and it makes sense after you've been playing awhile.

It's ok to think the way you do now, we were all  there.  Like I said you got more than your share of negative responses this thread, but no one is judging your opinion on your rating, this is a common opinion among newer players and this is the common reaction among veterans.

 I'll go with that :-) (what he said)

btw orangehonda I didn't know you are a veteran.  

Heh, the tourney I went to a few months ago I had met my opponent 8 years prior at my very first tourney.  When he introduced himself I mentioned I'd met him before and he said "oh, so you've been playing a long time" and I'm thinking, hell no, I'm relatively new and I'm still not very good

It was a tense game, a good number of blunders by both, and I lost in the end

thanks orangehonda, for listening to what I had to say, taking it into account, and relpying kindly. :)  A mean and aggressive responce only begs for further arguing.(polydiatonic). I suppose maybe, by some odd chance, with time I might see this differently.

 I agree with kco...agreeing with orangehonda.

Why not

what? you're mad, if you have actually found something to critisize in that comment. just go away, you're constantly trying to jab at me at every turn. Please just go away.