Does anyone else finds it strange when it says "such and such won by resignation"? It almost sounds like I can win (as opposed to lose) by simply resigning! Of course we all know that in actuality its the opponent of the winner who resigned, but still why do they have to make such a twist? Is it because they are too politically correct to call out the person who lost? Well as for me, it only makes it fascinating to call out a loser for the simple fact that it was never been done. I am not a bully, I am just a mathematician, and I am fascinated with negative numbers in situations when they aren't used. So in America where basements are denoted by B, I came up with the idea of calling ground floor 0, and basement below ground floor -1, and the basement below that basement (if there is one) -2 and so forth. Several years later I discovered thats exactly what they do in Europe; but up until then I was kind of wondering why no one does it. In any case, just like I find it fascinating to label floors with negative numbers, I also find it fascinating to call out the loser rather than calling out the winner. I guess I won't go out of the way to do it, but in the context of resigning it only makes sense. I think it would sound a lot better if you were to say "such and such LOST by resignation" as opposed to "such and such won by resignation", don't you think?
The usage accomplishes two things. It tells you who won. People are more interested in knowing who won. It also tells you how the game ended.That might be interesting to you if you were looking for an unusual grandmaster game.
It is efficient. It conveys meaning. What more could you want?
Does anyone else finds it strange when it says "such and such won by resignation"? It almost sounds like I can win (as opposed to lose) by simply resigning! Of course we all know that in actuality its the opponent of the winner who resigned, but still why do they have to make such a twist? Is it because they are too politically correct to call out the person who lost? Well as for me, it only makes it fascinating to call out a loser for the simple fact that it was never been done. I am not a bully, I am just a mathematician, and I am fascinated with negative numbers in situations when they aren't used. So in America where basements are denoted by B, I came up with the idea of calling ground floor 0, and basement below ground floor -1, and the basement below that basement (if there is one) -2 and so forth. Several years later I discovered thats exactly what they do in Europe; but up until then I was kind of wondering why no one does it. In any case, just like I find it fascinating to label floors with negative numbers, I also find it fascinating to call out the loser rather than calling out the winner. I guess I won't go out of the way to do it, but in the context of resigning it only makes sense. I think it would sound a lot better if you were to say "such and such LOST by resignation" as opposed to "such and such won by resignation", don't you think?