Resigning When Defeat Is Certain

I resign when I know I could win easily if I had my opponent's position.

I don't really care about winning or losing; who played better is more important to me. When I can see I'm in a dead lost position, I resign. At that point, my opponent already showed that they outplayed me, so the game is over in my mind.

IT'S ONLY A GAME

Don't try to find other meanings in a game that, for us amateurs, is meaningless if you exclude fun.There is no  disrespect  , no blasphemy , no humiliation , no anything .

If I believe I can win or draw , I keep playing.

If I have fun , I keep playing

If I feel I have something to learn, I keep playing.

In any other case, I resign.

IT'S ONLY A GAME

You play for as long as you want , and you resign when you want.Simple as that.

I resigned because I was eating this

My index finger is now sore.

this very reason comprises 90% of my resignations

Michael-G: I did not make it up. It was not a rated game, it was my third game ever in a competition. It was a rapid tournament.

After 5 minutes searching I found this on a chess-results.com: http://chess-results.com/tnr34851.aspx?art=9&lan=1&fed=SVK&snr=64

The only thing I did not put correctly was his ELO, it was 1962. I expect an apology.

Senor_Ananas , to get your apology (which, I assure you, I am not afraid to give) you have to give the game too so that I(we) see what happened.And second the participants in that tournament are not appeared to have FIDE tating.So you didn't play with someone that had 1962 FIDE rating but with someone that had 1962 local club rating(very very different,) or not?

I've drawn many a game with my opponent up material AND rated higher than I was, even won a couple because my opponent DID blunder. Unless you are a GM, believe me when I say there's always a chance of a blunder. We are, after all, human.

The definition of a won game is what you had before you lost.  

The question has to be answered by your opponent not by you.The really "insulting"(weird , more precisely) is that some want to make their opponent's decisions.

    You don't decide for how long your opponent will like to go on.It's HIS decision. 

Resign ??
What does it mean ??
This word is not present in my dictionary !
weak player still gaming cos he don't know he is losing ,,, good one game till it is clear he will lose no way, but the legend never surrender he could win by nervouseness of the opponent cos of his determination to win !
I never surrender !

RESIGNATION IS THE DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS!

Actually, it appears that the individual that Senor_Ananas played to a draw does in fact have a current FIDE rating of 1941.  You can look up the name of the third player (from Senor_Ananas's link) on FIDE's website (Homepage -> Ratings -> All Players).  The name and player country matches, and the rating is close.

As for the game itself, I have no real problems believing the story.  In my 4th tournament game that I ever played, I won against a player rated 2000 (USCF) after being down two pawns.  Granted, that's not a whole rook, but it's not much of a stretch for me to believe that someone else could manage a feat like that.  Sometimes stuff like Senor_Ananas's anecdote happens.

If they resign, they either don't want to waste their time, or they have good manners. I don't have good manners.

Michael-G: I am sorry, but I really cannot provide you that game, I don't even remember the opening. My guess is 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 and God knows what happened then. I will ask Mr. Pekař (the opponent) if he can recall any of the moves, we play together on Sunday (in one team). At the time the game was played I didn't think that I will ever play chess competitively so I didn't have the need to record it. Believe me, if I had it I would be really glad to share it and face all the criticism :D

IoftheHungarianTiger: Thanks for your support and your time. I really don't need to make up such things, I have better things to do. In my very short career I have also anecdote about my second game in that same tournament, but when noone believes me, it is just a waste of words :)

Depends on what makes the game fun for you...

Some of us get extremely upset looking at a (very preventable) dead loss over and over again it reminds us of our stupidity and/or carelessness, and that sort of self-loathing is hardly compensated for by knowing that you will draw 1 out of 100 losses, maybe possibly perhaps probably not by playing on and on and on.

 I know, I know, just kidding!  

actually I do try to make a comeback and in many times I have been successful !! the point is if you resign early, you would not learn.... you could even get a stalemate from a piece or position disadvantage

Michael-G: I didn't have time today to ask Mr. Pekař if he remember that game, because I finished first and he last and we immediately went home after his game, in different cars. In case you were courious, I (still rated 1000) have defeated FIDE 1911 under 40 moves.

senor_ananas

I have to apologise , seems that your story can be true.My tournament experience is 30 years old and one of my close friends and International Master told me that 1900 players are not anymore as they were 30 years ago  so yes these stories are possible.30 years ago it would be a fairy tale to win a 1900 player on your 3rd rated game unless you were  a talent like Carlsen or you were secretly trained with someone like Carlsen in a top secret underground facility in Siberia(perhaps I am the one that sees too many  movies ). 

Please accept my sincere apology.