Sound advice. The point of resignation/loss does not affect rating points unless less than 4 moves each have been played (no points are awarded). The rating gain or loss is based on the rating of the 2 players, plus the Glicko RD (a calculation of how accurate your rating is based on the number of games you have played).
Resigning a game as a new player: don't do it!
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"Sound advice. The point of resignation/loss does not affect rating points unless less than 4 moves each have been played (no points are awarded). The rating gain or loss is based on the rating of the 2 players, plus the Glicko RD (a calculation of how accurate your rating is based on the number of games you have played). "
Thanks Strangemover!
For many people playing on in a clearly lost position is just a waste of their valuable time. For others it isn't. It's a choice.
@glamdring27: I totally get that. I’ve had 2 opponents resign who were in good positions with a lot of play left. I was confused by it. I totally agree with resigning when there is an apparent outcome.
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I would rather resign early and start a fresh 5 min game than try and pull something out of my hat.
@atrangercheckmate that’s not the scenario I’m talking about at all. These opponents that resigned against me were in good positions. This last game I played I captured his queen but he was still in good shape. As soon as I took his queen he was gone. I’m also not talking about resigning as an experienced player, that is different. As an inexperienced player you should work through the difficult games to learn and understand why you ended up in that position. If you resign too early you’ll never understand it
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I was always resigning when either i was in a bad spot....or i didn't feel like playing. I've had people do it rly early too! Maybe its because they r in a bad spot.....(just like me ALL the time 
) Or they have to go somewhere. it could also be their connection. but that's just me!
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I would add that playing down material or in losing positions forces you to calculate hard and use your limited resources to the maximum to try to create counterplay or make the opponent find another strong move. Basically raging against the dying of the light. This is all good for learning. And sometimes, especially vs us amateur enthusiasts, the game can be saved.
'If a player believes in miracles, he can sometimes perform them.' - Viktor Korchnoi.
It depends a lot on how good your opponent is rated. If your opponent is 1200 or less, there is still a good chance they will blunder the game away. If your opponent is rated higher than that, the odds of a major blunder are much lower.
If you're playing 4 player chess, then resigning for any reason other than to claim a win is a mistake. For whatever reason, many 4 player chess players (at least at the level I play at) seem to be unable to execute even the simplest checkmate sequences. In situations where it's down to only two players left and I have a huge material disadvantage, I can get a stalemate about 20-30% of the time. I would have exact numbers, but a certain chess website doesn't keep statistics for 4-player chess.
@glamdring: "I tend to find having my Queen taken cools my ardour to continue a game." Ha! Indeed, its disheartening when you just didn't see it coming. But, that's the moment to kick your reasoning into high gear.
@Strangemover: yes! Thank you for articulating that better that I did. Exactly my point.
Why do I lose points when I abandon/cancel a game where I haven't played a single move yet?
It says you resigned. Just leave or let the timer run down and you won't lose points.
I’m a newbie, I don’t think I resign when I should. I seem to have a strong middle game after blundering in openings, so I can hang on in a clearly lost position. I’ve gotten lucky sometimes when someone blunders just before beating me and got out with a draw, I’ve played until my opponent stalemated me, I’ve “won” when my opponent ran out of time one move before checkmate. In each case I’ve felt crappy. We both know they were the better player, just I can scramble when they don’t have the pieces they need for the endgame.
So I am trying to resign earlier at the point where I blunder and know I can’t win on my own merits. Holding a losing position just because is really only helping me build my “hold a losing position skills”—it’s not much fun. 🤷♂️
So I am trying to resign earlier at the point where I blunder and know I can’t win on my own merits. Holding a losing position just because is really only helping me build my “hold a losing position skills”—it’s not much fun. 🤷♂️
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Hello Chess.com folks. While not "new" to chess as a concept(very elementary player) I am "new" to chess from a genuinely taking it seriously and wanting to learn, study and improve perspective. I joined Chess.com as a paid member back in January and have had a great experience so far. Something that I've run into recently, and multiple times over, is an opponent suddenly resigning entirely too early. I'm accepting challenges from like ranked folks, so it's not as though I'm trying to crush much lower ranked players. I feel as though they are resigning to take the lesser hit on their ranking perhaps? But that artificially inflates my ranking as well as doesn't allow either of us to play through to the conclusion. Nor does it challenge your ability to fight through what could be an unfavorable position at that moment and push your own ability to strategize. Yes, it's uncomfortable if you feel as though you're playing badly. My heart races and I feel like an idiot a lot of the time. But let me encourage you to push past that and work the game to the full conclusion. It will be better for you and your opponent. Just my 2 cents! Cheers.