Its not quitting, its saving your time. Its considered etiquette to resign in a lost position, or if you know your opponent can beat you in it. If you know your opponent can't beat you in knight and bishop vs king, don't resign!
Resigning too fast
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DONT PLAY WITH HIM AGAIN
I understand resigning a lost position and saving time, however if you're good enough you can turn a game around with brilliant play or capitlizing on mistakes, i dig the form of etiquette, but i just don't understand resigning so early to try and save a rating.
Resigning is identical to losing via mate... and anyone who would resign to save points due to other pending games is silly.
People should resignwhen they are lost and there is nothing left to learn.
It doesn't bother me if someone resigns perhaps too easily.
Dragging out a really, really lost game while playing OTB and with no clock...that's different. Then it would be nice if I could chop off their little pinky...just joking, of course.
Do you really think that being a queen down isn't enough to resign?
I am not saying everyone must resign in this situation, but it is an acceptable option. I don't understand why complaining about this kind of resignation.
x1121x wrote:
I understand resigning a lost position and saving time, however if you're good enough you can turn a game around with brilliant play or capitlizing on mistakes, i dig the form of etiquette, but i just don't understand resigning so early to try and save a rating.
Unless I'm mistaken, resigning early doesn't save rating unless it's before the first 3-4 moves of the game. Also, I don't get why you condemn your opponents resigning when they drop their queen, yet say that resigning in a lost position is fine.
A win is a win. Don't let resignation bother you.
Jun 19, 2012
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Any good player hates when people drag out completly lost games it goes both ways
Jul 12, 2015
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#10
There's nothing wrong with resigning. When your opponent resigns, you win and you can immediately play another game. None of your time is wasted. Within seconds you can be playing some fun chess in a brand new game. Far far worse are the scumbags who don't resign but rather simply disconnect so the winner has to wait for the clock to run down. Only slightly better are the ones who drag out a game that is obviously a loss. What is the fun in that? Far better to resign and play another game that might actually be an exciting contest and not a slow plodding formulaic march to an utterly foregone conclusion.
May 24, 2023
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#11
I always resign too soon .. im decent player but my rating sucks .. when I think of if if the tables ae turn and im up3 -4 points I enjoy playing it out .. even if I them relax and make a mistake
so I guess it doesn't bother me when im ahead and the opponent doesn't resign .. of course arena tournaments you want to do well and not waste the time overall but really its just a game .. not a game of chance ever but just a game nonetheless
May 24, 2023
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#12
oooh and yes this scumbags who let the clock run out when thy are down .. I report them every time!
I really hate when i'm 8 moves into a game and my opponent resigns on me. Or as soon as they lose their queen, or make a mistake early and they resign immediately. Try to play it out and see what happens. A mistake can happen anytime, but at least try to play the game out, perhaps i might make a mistake... I do not enjoy playing against quitters and whiners.