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Resigning in winning position..

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I heard some player have resigning and right away, i've done it with a player here, rated 1353. I did not see his queen was attack and tought only moving my king, so I resign.
Game 6673893

has this happen to any other ? or OTB

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Yes resignalitus is a completely normal condition for chess players to have

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I was only talking about resignation in winning position, giving up when you should win.

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I believe you

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Hi

it's a lot more common that you would think.

Blunders & Brilliancies a very good book by Ian Mullen & Mo Moss
has a whole chapter dedicated to players, some quite strong,
resigning in won positions.

One (not in the book) is legendary in Edinburgh.

James 'Two Queens' Turner resigned as Black in this position
in the 2008 Edinburgh Congress.

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Here is the full Game and I've contunied the game from the
position in the diagram to show the win. It's quite an entertaining game.

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  • 7
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1.d4d5
2.e3Nf6
3.Bd3c5
4.c3c4
5.Bc2e6
6.Nf3Nc6
7.Nbd2b5
8.O-OBe7
9.Re1Qc7
10.e4dxe4
11.Nxe4O-O
12.Bg5Nd5
13.Bxe7Ncxe7
14.Ng3Nf6
15.Re5Ned5
16.Nh5Nxh5
17.Bxh7Kxh7
18.Ng5Kg8
19.Qxh5Nf6
20.Qh4Rd8
21.Rae1Rd5
22.R1e3Bb7
23.Rxd5Bxd5
24.Re5a5
25.f3b4
26.Qe1bxc3
27.bxc3Qb6
28.Qd2Rb8
29.Re2a4
30.Ne4Bxe4
31.fxe4a3
32.Qe3Qb1
33.Re1Qxa2
34.e5Nd5
35.Qf2Rb2
36.Qf1Nxc3
37.h4Qb3
38.Kh2a2
39.Qf3Rb1
40.Qa8Kh7
41.Re3a1=Q
42.Qf3Qaa3
43.Qxf7Qaa4
44.Rg3Rh1
45.Kxh1Qa1
46.Kh2Qg1
47.Kxg1Ne2
48.Kf2Nxg3

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      Originally posted by AudreyxSophie
      I heard some player have resigning and right away, i've done it with a player here, rated 1353. I did not see his queen was attack and tought only moving my king, so I resign.
      Game 6673893

      has this happen to any other ? or OTB
      I've read about grandmasters who've resigned in winning positions. I don't remember who or where I read it. It (the narrator) could be seirawan, silman, kotov, dvoretsky or euwe. 🙂

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      🙂 For many years I wondered why grandmasters resigned losing positions!! Until I gained a fundamental knowledge of the endgame I didn't know why they resigned. I couldn't win the game even from a superior position. It was a great satisfaction when I could examine grandmaster games and not only understood why they resigned, but also was able to find mistakes in their games. Many grandmasters make fundamental mistakes under time pressure or stress.

      I've had opponents resign winning positions that I didn't see at all!! Of course, you never tell them you didn't see it, but it really makes you feel stupid. 🙂

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      Happens all the time. You just need to make one mistake and it could turn your win to loss.

      My coach always tells me to continue fighting until the end, but I have no patience.


      Here's a list of 35 games where this happened:

      http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess2/resigntxt.htm

      At the bottom there's a link to download the collection.

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      Originally posted by Mariska Angela
      Happens all the time. You just need to make one mistake and it could turn your win to loss.

      My coach always tells me to continue fighting until the end, but I have no patience.
      I don't have a problem with that. A lot of people on this site think players are being unethical if they do not resign a lost position. I've played a lot of games where the opponent would not resign a lost position. Many times they are not being unethical; sometimes they want to play it out just to see how the opponent thinks.

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      Generally, But in some position, exchanging piece only reduce tension and we have to keep them OTB. Black want exchange in the Benko gambit.


      BUt I was talking, not understanding the position or missing an element and resign, like i've done, not seeing the queen would still be attack, i only tought about the king.

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      I do not think I have ever resigned a won game. I have failed to play the winning move and played the game to a draw and played some of the most foolish moves and lost the game.

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      Originally posted by gambit3
      I do not think I have ever resigned a won game. I have failed to play the winning move and played the game to a draw and played some of the most foolish moves and lost the game.
      Same here, I either blow a won game or just blunder! Then I resign 🙂

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      Sometimes, is it possible that you tought you blow that game but in fact, you missed a tactical trick and resign, whitout having done any mistake in the game.

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