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This is not one of the "why don't you resgin you @½#½$#>$½{ patzers!!" threads, believe me. I am asking this out of pure curiosity.
Imagine you are playing a game where everything went wrong. You've just lost a pawn for no compensation, every single enemy piece is pointing at your shieldless King, and deep inside you know all is over.
Would you resign?
I mean, I believe it is completely pointless to continue a game which is clearly lost. Even 1000 players don't blunder the game away in such situations. OTB, I usually resign when there is a gross material disadvantage. I am depressed in such situations, and I just do not want to see my opponet shoot a "ha, I beat you!" look to me all the time.
I enjoy people who do not give up though. OTB, they do it just beacuse they want to irritate the opponent, a weak attempt to save their ego. They think of chess as a way to convince others that they are smarter than all. I find it disrespectful, and punish them by glaring incessantly at them and checkmating them slooooowly.
QandK vs K situations are fine with me if my opponent has 30 seconds in his clock, though. I am sure everybody will agree me on this. Feel free to post if you don't, though 😛
The question is not "shouldn't they resign?" but "should we resign?"
Originally posted by anthiasGet a life.
This is not one of the "why don't you resgin you @½#½$#>$½{ patzers!!" threads, believe me. I am asking this out of pure curiosity.
Imagine you are playing a game where everything went wrong. You've just lost a pawn for no compensation, every single enemy piece is pointing at your shieldless King, and deep inside you know all is over.
Would you resign , though 😛
The question is not "shouldn't they resign?" but "should we resign?"
Originally posted by anthiassimple... the possibility of a stalemate...
This is not one of the "why don't you resgin you @½#½$#>$½{ patzers!!" threads, believe me. I am asking this out of pure curiosity.
Imagine you are playing a game where everything went wrong. You've just lost a pawn for no compensation, every single enemy piece is pointing at your shieldless King, and deep inside you know all is over.
Would you resign ...[text shortened]... , though 😛
The question is not "shouldn't they resign?" but "should we resign?"
i managed a draw against my best friend who had a king and queen to a king and pawn for me...
he stalemated, and the feeling of getting a stalemate in such positions is comparable to beating someone rated 300 higher than urself...
or at least it is for me...
also, i have found that continuing to play through an obviously lost position will tick off the winning side... which makes me laugh...
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Originally posted by anthiasId resign when theres no good winning or drawing chances, I wouldnt resign just because they have an unclear attack. When its clearly lost I'll resign quickly I dont like having my king pimped around the board 😛
This is not one of the "why don't you resgin you @½#½$#>$½{ patzers!!" threads, believe me. I am asking this out of pure curiosity.
Imagine you are playing a game where everything went wrong. You've just lost a pawn for no compensation, every single enemy piece is pointing at your shieldless King, and deep inside you know all is over.
Would you resign ...[text shortened]... , though 😛
The question is not "shouldn't they resign?" but "should we resign?"
Originally posted by anthiasI was playing on in a lost position last night because we were playing at home, and as the away team arrived together they would have to wait for the last person in any case, so I did not feel as if I was wasting his time. He had 2 passed connected pawns on the 5th and 6th rows, otherwise we both had a queen, same colour bishop and 2 connected and one isolated pawns each. But he was really struggling to finish me off as I threw caution to the wind and started to look for a pepetual check, he did enough to avoid it but kept missing opportunities to win (at one stage I actually thought I might get back into the game). But it was lost because I had opted for adjudication, as soon as the penultimate game (apart from ours) finished with them taking a 3.5 to 0.5 lead I resigned. But I think it's childish to consider factors such as 'disrespectful' and glaring at them. By the way did you mean if you only had a king left with 30 seconds on your opponents clock, as I understand it, you cannot win on time if you don't have mating material. therefore if your opponent runs out of time it's a draw, not a win to you.
This is not one of the "why don't you resgin you @½#½$#>$½{ patzers!!" threads, believe me. I am asking this out of pure curiosity.
Imagine you are playing a game where everything went wrong. You've just lost a pawn for no compensation, every single enemy piece is pointing at your shieldless King, and deep inside you know all is over.
Would you resign , though 😛
The question is not "shouldn't they resign?" but "should we resign?"
Edit 1: added connected to passed pawns
Edit 2 deleted the 's' after bishop
No wonder I got beat if it takes me 2 edits to get this simple post correct
Being new to the game, resigning a hopeless situatuation seems to be the right thing to do. But if there is any glimmer of hope(OTB), like an opponenent who may make an error , then I would try for the stalemate. If its internet the _uck it! resign and play another! I mean why waste the most valuable resource I have...My Time ...tick tick tick!
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