sometimes for sportsmanship when you know there is almost no way out and checkmate is close
When is resignation acceptable?
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Nov 2, 2023
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#23
In the Netflix series "The Queen's Gambit" (where Kasparov was a chess consultant), the coach insists the the main character resigns upon losing her queen early. She wanted to play on but he taught her to resign, and she was a beginner but playing her own coach, who was trying to teach her chess manners. In sum, I don't know.
Nov 2, 2023
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#24
Um it’s never poor sportsmanship to resign. It’s poor sportsmanship NOT to resign in losing positions with no hope for a draw. The only way I think it would be poor sportsmanship to resign is if you resign for no reason other than to make a statement (thinks they are cheating).
Whenever you say it is, guys. It's an essential part of chess.
Well, for me, chess has always been a game of war. Each fallen warrior is a casualty. Some times warriors are sacrifice for their king to triumph.
If a king knows he cannot win.
Does he expend his troops so he can run and hide, trying to survive in a stalemate?
Does he sacrifice the remaining troops for spite because he was out matched by his opponent.
I guess it depends on the character of the king.
when you are dead certain you have lost and are confident in your opponent's ability to convert the advantage, resign when you are lost you feel like dying inside but can not tell
But if you think it is a learning experience then do not resign so you can learn but if you will be stressed then resing
usernameone wrote:
When someone attempts an early queen attack and they lose their queen, they are allowed to resign, but it is poor sportsmanship, same goes for someone resigning when their first attack fails, I'm more interested in the etiquette of end game resignations.
That's a load of...something that comes from your avatar.
borovicka75 wrote:
I would love if chess.com enable to decline resignation.
How would that work? If the guy doesn't want to play the game, and he can't resign, he'll probably just go away and do something else that's not chess.
"acceptable"...for whom?