Why Do Some People Resign A Chess Game Because They Lost A Bishop/Knight? - Chess Forums - Page 2

SunGokuBr

Jul 28, 2021

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And of course, I'm still very amateur and probably will never get to great ranking (and it's not even my goal on playing/learning chess), but I agree that sometimes you're so good that you know that a bishop/knight lost is the end for you. And then it's not much about respect, but more about the player with himself.

For me, at my rank, I believe that even 10+ material points down, you should go on, cause it's all learning opportunities.

SunGokuBr

Jul 28, 2021

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#22

royalknight101 wrote:

SunGokuBr wrote:

royalknight101 wrote:

Tad2721 wrote:

SunGokuBr wrote:

I think mostly is out of respect. I play a lot on the board, and sometimes I know that I'll win on time (I got 3 minutes and opponent under 45 seconds), but the position is totally won for my opponent. Since we're friends playing "unrated" and on the board, I like to pay them respect for getting the better position, even though I'd win on time,

That is nice. I hate in blitz and bullet when u r CLEARLY winning and your opponent just spams random moves and u lose on time. It's REALLY annoying

eh not annoying but a little confusing as you pause for a second cause you dont know what happened

hahaha and it's that pause that who's got more time but worse position is looking for.

On bullet I win a lot of games by creating calculating positions for my opponent. Aimchess even said that I'm a player with great time management and creating complications on bullet, but low skills on tactics and capitalization.

i mean for me and lots of people at 2000+ we just pause for a second and then keep going fast so we are like "huh" and then "whatever lets keep going" so we dont waste much time at all tbh

I believe you. And I'm trying to not play so much bullets because I noticed it's giving me bad habits since I discovered I can win on time at my rank.

jetoba

Jul 28, 2021

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#23

Anirudh_23 wrote:

AiryWigglyTown wrote:

Hello guys!

So today I watched a game of my friend vs another guy( I don't know that guy ), and that other guy resigned after losing his Bishop. But why?

Just asking

sometimes it just takes one player to be a pawn up to win when u r 1600 or higher

At one tournament my significantly-lower-rated opponent said after the game that he thought he played well because we were materially equal through move 30. I told him that he lost the game with 6 Nh3 Bxh3 7 gxh3 because that was a permanent weakness and all I had to do was head for the endgame to win it - no calculations needed for that move.

AiryWigglyTown

Jul 28, 2021

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#24

Oof yeah

MyDreamIsToBeAGrandmaster

Jul 28, 2021

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#25

Honestly i dont know what he was thinking, what other pieces did he have when he lost it, you resign in some cases like when its only king and bishop, or king and knight but if he had other pieces like a rook or queen i have no idea why he resigned

lewis_shepherd

May 29, 2023

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#26

I once played a game as white with these moves:

1. b4 e5

2. Bb2 Nc6

3. Bxe5 Nxe5

Then I resigned because I had lost the bishop. I didn't know the knight was coming. That bishop is my most-used piece in the opening most of the time. A lot of times, they immediately take the b4 pawn with the bishop, making me take the e5 pawn. After that, the g7 pawn is undefended. If they do not defend the g7 pawn, I end up capturing it (and also trap a rook, allowing me to capture it on the next move)

Forrest107

May 29, 2023

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#27

In my opinion some people just like the pieces so much and know how to handle them and when they lose it they just resign or they maybe relative of hikaru and saw mate in 35th move 😂