Resignation - Good or bad?

I have a few problems when playing chess.The opening,mid and end
game to mention a few.(check my rating for confirmation)These
problems will not be solved in a hurry I fear but I would like to call on
everyone(particularly our more learned friends)to help me out
here.should one resign or carry on playing to the end hoping for a
draw,or that your opponent might fail to move in time.

I will resign myself to whatever should be the answer to this silly
question

I mean resigning like my king versus a king and 2 pawns or a castle.I
dont mean resigning after 6 moves(sometimes I am tempted to do
just that ,check my rating)


Johan
The aimless wonderer

I think it depends on your preference, and the player you are against.

If you think the other player is good enough to force a win against you
with that material, then it makes sense to resign. If you think they
might get sloppy and give you a chance, keep playing. I'd probably
resign vs. king and rook, but keep playing against the two pawns
unless one was clearly going to be able to queen.

Still, you're never obligated to resign-- you might learn something just
from seeing how the other player finishes you off.

Keep going guys I am learning valuable lessons here


Johan
(the less aimless wonderer)

Johan,

I would say keep playing till you think you can no longer learn / gain
anything from the game you are playing. As chess is a game give up
when you stop having fun.

Andrew

I think it depends on circumstances:

1) if you are playing against ME, you should certainly resign, even if
you have a winning position, and the earlier the better. Often
immediately after your first move, you should definitely resign against
me. (And that applies to everyone here, not just you. Everyone repeat
after me "resign to Michael after my first move, resign to michael after
my first move....&quot😉.

2) if you are playing against someone other than me, you should do
what you think is necessary.

Generally I play on; however if the other person is obviously much
better (i.e. one of our players where a single pawn difference is
enough), then I OFFER to resign, but point out that if they don't mind,
I'd like to continue both to learn and in the hopes they make a major
blunder. So far the people I have offered to resign to have all told me
to continue until I feel the position is hopeless. Nice folks all.

Also, unless the other person is both a very good player AND very very
serious about proper chess, they probably enjoy slowly grinding your
chess bones to dust, as you pathetically wander pieces around the
board like a band of blind, witless fools. (I only wish I could have a
personalized set of chess piece icons here, one's where my pieces are
all drooling and banging there own heads with sticks. ) Also, I figure
my opponent wants to practice all sorts of forks, pins, skewers, and
simple en prise takes against my band of drunken carousing pieces in
those final, hopeless, stages of the game. Personally, at that point, I
just like to play "war" and pretend my side is the Italian Army,
against, well, against anyone since about AD 31.

See if they let this through.

If someone resigns after the first move no rating points change hands
it is like deleting the game.

Now what is wrong with that moderator?

sparrow.

It's also fun to try to manuever yourself into a proper stalemate. Not
by running around the board, but by finding a position for your king
such that on your opponent's next move you would not be in check
and yet have no legal move open to you. This is really fun when your
opponent is promoting a pawn. Many times they are in such a hurry
to get a queen that they forget about all the squares she threatens.
I've found that when I'm getting beaten (my loss against 20010628
was like this, although he didn't fall for anything) this is a way to keep
the whole thing stomachable.

Hi Johan
I would never resign in the opening - even when you have made a
blunder what is to stop your opponent doing the same? Later in the
game though when the chances of this happening are slim and I am
facing a long, slow demise then I will always resign and concentrate on
the games that I have a better chance in.

Cheers
John

I usually think like this:
1. If I resign, will I miss out on a lesson? OR...
2. If I am in a hopeless situation, why continue? Instead, begin
another game with the blessing of your opponent.

However, in 1979-81 I was working in a situation where approximately
30 individuals played chess at lunch. We only had an hour to eat,
play, and take care of other necessities. So we would try to get as
many games in as possible (except when engaged in tournament
play). We often agreed up front to play similar to lightning chess, and
when a devastating blunder or irreversible material loss occurred, the
player who was down would resign immediately and another game
would be initiated. Some days we would only get one game in, but
often would play 7,10, even 12 games in an hour! Great fun.

Coyote