If you find yourself in a "lost" game, is there a difference in how your rating is calculated if you resign versus playing to the bitter end until you are checkmated?

Originally posted by mlctulsa
If you find yourself in a "lost" game, is there a difference in how your rating is calculated if you resign versus playing to the bitter end until you are checkmated?

No - as the wise and mighty king says. However, if you think your opponent's current rating is rather higher than expected, you would lose fewer points by resigning now rather than being checkmated after his rating has dropped. It depends on how important your rating is to you - you could possibly manipulate things to lower yours, I suppose.

Originally posted by C J Horse
No - as the wise and mighty king says. However, if you think your opponent's current rating is rather higher than expected, you would lose fewer points by resigning now rather than being checkmated after his rating has dropped. It depends on how important your rating is to you - you could possibly manipulate things to lower yours, I suppose.

Thanks to all of you for the advice. It is what I assumed, but I was not sure.

Originally posted by C J Horse
No - as the wise and mighty king says. However, if you think your opponent's current rating is rather higher than expected, you would lose fewer points by resigning now rather than being checkmated after his rating has dropped. It depends on how important your rating is to you - you could possibly manipulate things to lower yours, I suppose.

Originally posted by Lord Shark
So the points are calculated on the ratings at the end of the game rather than the ratings as they were at the beginning?