CHESS ETIQUETTE: Playing On In Ridiculous Positions, etc,

Ah.  My mistake.  Misunderstood your post.

I think Deaf Blue is right on almost all counts. It's surprising how often someone will become agitated when the opponent doesn't resign. The game was meant to be played until checkmate, yet playing the game the way it was intended for some reason irritates some people. Players who let their emotions get the best of them will be negatively affected by not resigning, which leads to winning or drawing options for the side that is losing.

Also, even a normal game can become a very fast paced game at the very end, where simple mistakes can happen. If someone insists that it's impossible for anyone over 1300 to lose a K vs KQ endgame, maybe that person hasn't reached 1300 yet. In that video, maybe the player that lost was also below 1300.

People that get so excited and disgruntled over not resigning might have to accept that they are not as good as they think they  are. Most chess players are not grandmasters. Most are not even masters. Most chess players, like me, are just not that good so it doesn't make sense to prematurely resign.

I've twice saved a draw in rated over the board games where my opponent had king and rook against bare king. Each time, he reached the position with less than a minute on his clock, so I considered I was justified in playing on. If they had had more time, I would have resigned.

K+R vs K is easy to avoid lol. A guy offered a draw cause I always avoided the corner lol.

all your doing is showing your etiquette which is lacking to allow someone to learn from playing on or for whatever reason they are and also your maturity this thread has been a whine fest of people more worried about other people than themselves  

What would an abnormal K+R vs K ending be?

Actually, this thread on chess etiquette has been a useful discussion on chess tourney mores, salted with some silliness, but still generally useful. 

One topic we have not yet discussed yet is the pushy chess parent who injects themselves into the pre-game set-up by running with his/her kid to the board number, and setting up the kid's equipment, even if he has the White pieces. Black gets his choice of equipment, and when I say that to the pushy parent, I often get resistance. Occasionally, I have even had to call over a TD to gaff off the pushy parent and enforce the rule.

Watch the pepper though...

Well, ghost did want more salt...

Nope, wrongo Spiderbreath!!  I have a ZMF clock I like to use because it has lights on top of it so I can see who is on the move from far away, which is useful since I like to get up and walk around the hall during tournament games. 

Also, if it's my clock, I know it has been set correctly, including the time delay, and it's not always easy to tell that with other clock models. 

Further, it's the kid who is playing in the tournament, not his pushy parent.

I agree with zen here

Spiderbreath, when you be busted, learn to take it like a man. Keep arguing a lost position, and you start looking like a mouse-racing dog with just a king left on the board.

Looks like someone has had their comments removed....

Spiderbreath, quibbling just for the sake of quibbling deserves a squashing. Emily Post agrees!!

If any of it makes sense, it news to me!

Now there's a phrase that will frighten any TD that hears it, not to mention teacher, coach, or other adult who has to deal with you and your kid.

Melvin,  surely you must have ONE game where your opponent played on in a hopeless situation, wasting both your time and his. Yes, players can play to the bitter end of checkmate, but should they ALWAYS do so? I think not.

Spider, if black does that then he can sit there all day long. Black is wasting his own time anyway so it'll be kinda stupid.

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