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"Nobody ever won a chess game by Resigning"

These were the great words told by a great man.we all give up at a point dur to our lack of confidence and persistence. We all should keep giving the best we could even when we are at the most bottom of the abyss or even high up in the sky. We will never win a single piece of success by resigning. Miracles is what I believe can make changes drastically in a match.Our faith is our decisions and we decide you not give UP!!!..
Probably someone has won his next game by resigning a hopeless previous one in order to save energy and to prepare. Just sayin‘.
Well if some miracle had happened then the resign was just pointless right??
By not resigning you're banking on other's mistakes. That won't make you better, but your choice at the end of the day.

PS - Just don't leave your clock run out when in a losing position. That would be highly appreciated.
Ameen, Ssrgon is right for many reasons.

Waste of your time and your opponent's in many cases.

You never see anything like this a higher levels. If you are a piece or two down vs a grandmaster, don't insult them by waiting 'til checkmate.

Study some tactics instead, study some grandmaster games.
@Ameen3234 , I feel very strongly about this for the following reason. I am trying very hard to reach a high echelon of playing skill, and one thing that is NOT a quality of players there is what I call hope chess. Playing with the hope that your opponent will make a mistake allowing you to win is just pointless once you reach the later part of the game. Sure in a middlegame you might have a chance to stir up some trouble, but once the game nears its end, just resigning is better for you, saving you time and energy, and nicer to the other player. Just recognizing that you lost the game and giving a gg to the other player will help you psychologically, and also the other player will appreciate it. I can't tell you how much I appreciate it when I am up 8 points in a rapid game and my opponent just resigns!
Maybe when you are playing against a 900 you can do that, but its not being a good sport all the same.
If you just trying to say, "give your best to the game and don't give up in a difficult position", then I agree. But once you are lost, and you know without a doubt you are lost, why not just resign and study the game to see where you went wrong?

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