I was playing a game earlier against the computer on easy. I gobbled up all of it's material. Mating wouldn't have been difficult, I probably had more material than I started with seeing as I promoted a couple of extra queens. Looked the board over, and said there is no sport left in this game, and clicked resign.
Then it counted as a Loss. However should it really?
How could that even be possible?
1) Had I just went afk, and my clock dropped to 0 I would have gotten at least a draw.
2) There was 0 ways for the computer to deliver mate as it had 0 pieces but the king, and it could not even check me even if I wanted it to.
3) computers lack an "offer draw" button
Should not a "resignation" simply be the equivalent of setting your clock to 0? If they got enough to mate they win, if they don't it's drawn.
Then it counted as a Loss. However should it really?
How could that even be possible?
1) Had I just went afk, and my clock dropped to 0 I would have gotten at least a draw.
2) There was 0 ways for the computer to deliver mate as it had 0 pieces but the king, and it could not even check me even if I wanted it to.
3) computers lack an "offer draw" button
Should not a "resignation" simply be the equivalent of setting your clock to 0? If they got enough to mate they win, if they don't it's drawn.