Modify Resign Button To Match FIDE Flagging/Draw Rules

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If black resigns in this position on the site, what happens? White has insufficient material to ever win, so just like flagging, shouldn't black automatically get a draw here, even if he resigns or abandons the game? I've never accidentally hit the resign button in such a position, so I don't know what the site implements for this. Is resigning in an unloosable position treated the same as running out of time in one? Both a draw?

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The site should modify the resign button to follow the same rules as Mating Material vs Flagging. If one resigns in a position where there is insufficient material for their opponent to win, they should get the same draw they would get running out of time. To be consistent.

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Yep, and I just realized that should be changed.

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EndgameEnthusiast2357 wrote:

Yep, and I just realized that should be changed.

If you say your opponent won, why should it be a draw ? It doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

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EnPassantAvalanche wrote:
EndgameEnthusiast2357 wrote:

Yep, and I just realized that should be changed.

If you say your opponent won, why should it be a draw ? It doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

Because your opponent can never win. Chess results are based on what can happen on the board, not what the players think about it. The same way flagging when the opponent has only a king left is a draw, because he could never win, you already secured a draw at that point. In those cases the resign button should change to a "declare draw" button.

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Chess.com follows USCF rules not Fide

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USCF rules make absolutely no sense.

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EndgameEnthusiast2357 wrote:
EnPassantAvalanche wrote:
EndgameEnthusiast2357 wrote:

Yep, and I just realized that should be changed.

If you say your opponent won, why should it be a draw ? It doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

Because your opponent can never win. Chess results are based on what can happen on the board, not what the players think about it. The same way flagging when the opponent has only a king left is a draw, because he could never win, you already secured a draw at that point. In those cases the resign button should change to a "declare draw" button.

"Chess results are based on what can happen on the board, not what the players think about it."

Interesting. I thought chess believed in freedom of speech.