Originally posted by GoodGame100because most good players 1)Know it when they're lost. 2)Have respect for their opponent's abilities. 3)They respect the game.
I mean I have some people like Weyerstrass when he lost his first game that people resign when they still could win. I mean if you are just get demolished by someone that is a reason but to just resign when you are sown by a piece or 2 why would you do it?
In the correct sense of the word, yes.
Personally, If I am playing against a player that is about the same level as me, and I am down a piece without compensation, I will resign. I expect the same from my opponents. The reason for this is that at my level (which is relatively low) the chance that my opponent will simply blunder and give me the piece back is so small that it's not worth the effort.
On the other hand, at lower levels, like the level of the original poster in this thread, it may be reasonable to play on, hoping that the opponent will blunder.
However, from my experience, most people who respect their opponents resign when they are lost. To play on when their is no reasonable chance of good couterplay is a waste of my time and that of my opponent.
Originally posted by RopespierreWell said
In the correct sense of the word, yes.
Personally, If I am playing against a player that is about the same level as me, and I am down a piece without compensation, I will resign. I expect the same from my opponents. The reason for this is that at my level (which is relatively low) the chance that my opponent will simply blunder and give me the piece ...[text shortened]... their is no reasonable chance of good couterplay is a waste of my time and that of my opponent.
I decide about resigning with these two questions:
Could I play my opponent's position to a clear-cut win?
In the simplest case, if I'm down to K v K + Q/R or my opponent has a passed pawn that I can't stop, then it's time to quit. In more complex positions, I'll stop if I see his attack crashing through in the next few moves or my King is being hopelessly pushed around. That does leave the majority of positions where I'm down in material or position as ones that I want to play on at least a little while longer.
Is there some chance for a draw?
I don't mean some wild flight of fancy that he is going to play badly and let me off the hook, but can I see at least some possibility of stalemate, 3-fold repetition, or perpetual? For example, in one recent game my opponent was pushing his King and 3 connected pawns against my lone King. I just kept backing my King up and finally it came down to his choice of which pawn to advance, but if he picked the wrong one it would have been stalemate. In that case I thought it was worth playing on. In another recent game I was down a good bit of material, but I had an active Queen and his King was exposed and I was able to draw with a perpetual.
Originally posted by RopespierreThere are a good number of people on here who take every game as a learning experience - and gaining the knowledge of how to convert an advantage into a win or how a certain pattern/combination/sacrifice plays out is a good use of their time, even if it means playing until the bitter end.
To play on when their is no reasonable chance of good couterplay is a waste of my time and that of my opponent.
Edit: got lost in tags...
Originally posted by National Master Dale
One reason methinks folks resign is so that they can lose on purpose.
Further to your point...I'm at a loss to understand the ethos behind this chap entering so many comps tournaments challenges etc with, what appears, the sole intention to resign at the earliest opportunity.
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