My opponent resigned both of these games. At first I thought he was doing a mass resignation of all his games, but I looked and it's just these two. Any clue why he resigned them? The second one I can kind of understand, since he committed an outright blunder. But I think he could have fought on, especially since he's a lot stronger than I am.
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The second game looks horrible after the rook loss. If I did that I'd probably resign just out of sheer embarrassment 😀
The first game is a bit of a puzzle. You've got a hell of an attack going. But on the other hand, you haven't actually won any material or got a mate lined up yet, so resigning does look a bit premature to me.
You could try messaging the guy and asking him. Wouldn't hurt to try.
Originally posted by WildfireIn the first game, I believe he resigned because he thought you were going to play 22.Bxh6 or maybe 22.Kh2 with a doubling of the rooks on the g-file and thought he would be losing; and in the second game he thought he had played Rf4 instead of Rf3.
My opponent resigned both of these games. At first I thought he was doing a mass resignation of all his games, but I looked and it's just these two. Any clue why he resigned them? The second one I can kind of understand, since he committed an outright blunder. But I think he could have fought on, especially since he's a lot stronger than I am.
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Maybe he resigned the first game too, because he was disgusted with that mistake on the second game. Chess psychology is a difficult subject. I recently lost an OTB game by accidently moving my rook like that, but in my case it was adjacent to the intend square on the back rank rather than an adjacent square on a file. I would like to add that I had not been drinking alcoholic beverages, but I was tired since the game was being played at night.