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My personal opinion is that it depends on you. I usually play to the end (I'm a fighter) unless I realise that my chances of still winning is 0 I'm just wasting my time by going through the motions.
Some people resign as soon as they've lost their queen or even a big piece which is actually kinda silly... I've won a lot of games where I continued fighting after losing a big piece.
 
Fivel said:
A question regarding chess etiquette. When should one resign in a game?
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At first i have been resigning when i see all is lost and the end is near, in a couple of moves the game should be over because i am over run or i can't see a way out.
Now lately i have decided that i won't resign and keep fighting, make my opponent earn the win, maybe i could still get a draw out of the game, i played a match recently where my opponent had me in the corner and started to say it was a good game and thanks for the match where i would have normally just resigned, i decided not to and kept playing i almost got out of it and he had to make 12 more moves before he could put me in checkmate, that i enjoyed because i got to learn how to finish a game a bit better, it isn't always so easy.
 
Fivel said:
A question regarding chess etiquette. When should one resign in a game?
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When playing a 1500+ opponent (being a 1300+ myself), I usually resign when my opponent has a clear advantage in the game, out of the respect for his ability, in that I assume that he will complete the game without problems.

But you know what they say about assumptions...

It needs to however be a very clear advantage. If my opponent can however force checkmate in 3 moves, I'll usually play out the game to the end.

With players rated below me, I'll probably still fight on for a while and go for a stalemate at least.

Interesting question Fivel, I've never really put thought into the etiquette of resigning a chess game before.
 
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ViperGTI said:
That Russian guy is good... I think he might be one of the best players here... Would be interesting to see a game between him an Tallfred and Jakkals.
He is currently playing Jakkals... I'm checking in on that game every now and then.
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Don't look at me: this guy is GOOD! I always maintained that my reign would be short. Let's recruit some more strong players to show us how it is done.
 
tallfred said:
Don't look at me: this guy is GOOD! I always maintained that my reign would be short. Let's recruit some more strong players to show us how it is done.
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Sorry, but you and Jakkals have already established yourselves as the SA masters on the site... any new comers will have to get past you first and we're all watching.... no pressure :)

We are rooting for you guys though :)
 
tallfred said:
Don't look at me: this guy is GOOD! I always maintained that my reign would be short. Let's recruit some more strong players to show us how it is done.
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Stronger players is good. My game has improved a lot by playing stonger players like yourself Tallfred.
 
yotta said:
Myself as well... usually the faster I play the more mistakes I make.
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Same here. Sometimes I have a quick look and a move seem very logical and I make it. Then as soon as I press that move button I see the mistake.

Or I will actually sit and calculate, then make a move and go to sleep all happy thinking how I played such a brilliant move... Then the next morning I go look at the game and see the guy moved something that I missed completely. I tend to do this in the evenings when I'm tired after a long day at work.

In the ideal world, we would evaluate all the opponents possible moves but I find that doesn't always happen.

Man I love chess. :D
 
Solitude said:
Same here. Sometimes I have a quick look and a move seem very logical and I make it. Then as soon as I press that move button I see the mistake.
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That happens to me waaay to often - I have requested a new feature because of that. The "Are you sure?" feature. Similar to that gmail labs feature. Once enabled, it will give you 10 second window period to cancel your move.

Solitude said:
In the ideal world, we would evaluate all the opponents possible moves but I find that doesn't always happen.
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If that was the case - we would be playing like computers :-p


Solitude said:
Man I love chess. :D
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+1 :-)
 
Solitude said:
Or I will actually sit and calculate, then make a move and go to sleep all happy thinking how I played such a brilliant move... Then the next morning I go look at the game and see the guy moved something that I missed completely.
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Something similar has happened to me a couple of times though... except the move that I missed actually put me in checkmate... perhaps I'm just overwor... I mean... overplayed :)
 
ViperGTI said:
Something similar has happened to me a couple of times though... except the move that I missed actually put me in checkmate... perhaps I'm just overwor... I mean... overplayed :)
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Haha me too. That game that check mate won against me I did not see coming at all! I thought I was winning and then bam checkmate. Don't know what I was thinking.
 
Solitude said:
Haha me too. That game that check mate won against me I did not see coming at all! I thought I was winning and then bam checkmate. Don't know what I was thinking.
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You have my sympathy on this game; I yowled out loud at the way you lost this one. I've personally experienced the frustration of losing a "won" game many times.

I have learnt that you have to concentrate equally hard, no matter what the material position is. The gain of a piece has not changed the fact that you have a dangerous, devious opponent who is out to frustrate you at every turn and is eagerly waiting for you to drop your guard, if only for a single moment. The extra piece only provides you more tactical and strategic options that you will miss if you are not applying your mind properly.

In a position of superiority, make it your business to CONCENTRATE.
 
tallfred said:
You have my sympathy on this game; I yowled out loud at the way you lost this one. I've personally experienced the frustration of losing a "won" game many times.

I have learnt that you have to concentrate equally hard, no matter what the material position is. The gain of a piece has not changed the fact that you have a dangerous, devious opponent who is out to frustrate you at every turn and is eagerly waiting for you to drop your guard, if only for a single moment. The extra piece only provides you more tactical and strategic options that you will miss if you are not applying your mind properly.

In a position of superiority, make it your business to CONCENTRATE.
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I must learn to concentrate all the time when playing. Made a really silly move against Sloth over the weekend. It was after two beers. I know something similar happened to vuade previously when he was playing against me.

New rule: Don't drink and play chess.
 
Sorry, been away from the forum for a while, sorry if this is couple of conversations behind

Solitude said:
I must learn to concentrate all the time when playing. Made a really silly move against Sloth over the weekend. It was after two beers. I know something similar happened to vuade previously when he was playing against me.

New rule: Don't drink and play chess.
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Hehe yep - that was me, with a glass of red wine, and not just against you:-).

That is a good rule, but I say, rather see instead of not drinking and playing chess, see if it is possible to teach oneself to play just as well after a drink :-)
 
Oh, and what's even worse than playing after a beer, is playing with a hangover. See my one game against renosterboer what happens when one plays with a hangover
 
Haha I think that when I have a hangover the last thing I want to do is stare at a bright screen. :p

Hey and for those interested. Chessmaster 9000 is on special at Good Old Games for $4.99
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/chessmaster_9000

Also Fritz Chess 13 has finally been released in South Africa. I received my copy yesterday from Kalahari. I'm giving it to myself as a present on Sunday. :D
 
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