when nothing left to be learned...
Indeed i won countless of games that i was materially behind..
Because i managed to be superior in position..
& some of them i managed to brute force!
its a hard task but if succeeded it will come with greater joy!
Never resign... unless you want to. If anyone feels disrespected, hard luck really. Nobody is under any obligation to resign.
I resign when I'm absolutely sure I will be checkmated, or if I get poobrain and just can't defend at all.
@Autofill said in #6:
> When you have no counterplay left
When 'Zugzwang' sets in. - :]
If I still have my queen, or better yet, both rooks, and my opponent doesn't have a forced mate, I play on. I have won games that I had no right to win, because my rooks are such badasses.
The more experienced you are, the better you get at knowing when to resign. Assessing your opponents strength gets better. - :]
If you're playing in a tournament and your objective is to get a good ranking, then resign when ur position is bad, as time is more important, but if rating is more important , then resign when you have too less time and down material but have many (movable) pawns which prevents you from getting stalemated, but if not, then its always good to try for a stalemate trap or some tricks because when you're down material, you have nothing to lose as you're already lost. In longer time formats , like classical games, it's better to resign , as opponent is gonna see through cheap tricks anyways. It's advisable to not resign only when there's less than 5 mins and you have a chance to trick your opponent.
Never. It rarely happens but you can get a draw from clearly losing positions. I am happier when I get a draw because my long king can't move and the opponent has two queens, than when I win.
When you resign is when you resign.
I am not consistent. Sometimes I will think "i'm probably losing but I will at least fight and make him really work for this", other times I'll think "f*ck I'm done, lets try again".
Depends entirely on my mood.
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