A neat little trick you can use against people who won't resign in losing positions

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hikerguy62

They can look back on their moves on their own time.

SacrifycedStoat
NOOOOOO!!!!!

Why did you bump this stupid thread?!?!?!??!

Please just let it die!
It’s an unsportsmanlike strategy!
Especially at low ELO, resigning is almost never good!

The opponent could always make a mistake, just like you did to get into the losing position!

So please, let’s just let this thread die.
Sebu13

Sounds like a good way to lose on time, or at least get into time trouble for no reason.

gray_coog
Just checkmate them if their position is that bad
Honchkrowabcd

Here is an example from a random youtube video I made of my game to 2000 elo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAN0po2Yglk&t=488s&ab_channel=Honchkrowabcd

In this game, my position was completely winning. I was up an entire knight, and my opponent had absolutely 0 counterplay. All my pieces were developed and defended well, his rooks weren't like infiltrating, my king was completely safe. I had ample time, 6 minutes in an endgame like that is way more than you would ever need. Literally anyone at 1500+ rating wins the position I was in, 100% of the time, obviously if you are like 1000 or lower it could be a different story but these are the type of games I am talking about. Anyways in this game I would have played on (and my opponent would have too as you can see), but I was explaining my thought process to the audience which caused me to move slow, and the opponent realized he had no counterplay and left the game, he clearly wouldn't have done that if I kept moving instantly as he only did this when I took a while to move. So when people say this is unsportsmanlike, the opponent could still win, good way to lose on time, or "just Checkmate them", as you can see it is completely fair and within the rules to wait like 30 secs on a move especially if you are considering all variations, if ur rating is low then don't do this strat, I had enough time, and if I played on like normal, even though it's a guaranteed win, if my opponent genuinely tried to survive as long as possible it would take like 30-50 more moves to win which is a waste of 5 minutes. So yeah, I hope I addressed all your concerns with this example

Cheezy_Roleplay

Cool stuff!

Idrinkyourhealth3
gray_coog wrote:
Just checkmate them if their position is that bad

no because they deserve to be punished for their insolence, they are bad people because they dont resign

Idrinkyourhealth3
Sebu13 wrote:

Sounds like a good way to lose on time, or at least get into time trouble for no reason.

well ok sir, that is what it sounds like to you because you are unable to see beyond the win. I step on your little opinion like I step on insects. Insects that don't even realize about the absurdity of their existance. Existance that you may find no reason for either

Honchkrowabcd

Where are the haters now I really refuted their arguments there

infernal_annihilator

This is quite interesting

Jenium

I actually did this once in an OTB game when my opponent refused to take a draw in a dead drawn endgame with opposite coloured bishops. Made sure to take a little walk and to spend 2 minutes every time I moved the bishop around.