What is the psychology behind this type of non resignation?

@Episcopul you are too kind, just resign. Or play blow-up chess. Either way, but don't complain about other players. They get to do what they do. Can't be stopped.

I think some of yous are overthinking it. Maybe theyre just trying to get rid of their pieces so they have a chance of getting stalemated?

@pawner85729 I can recall doing this once. I have also had it done to me. I recovered and blew a checkmate in one and from that moment I take my time lol. I was fuming red after stalemating my opponent after a great king and pawn end game with promotion. But I was a new player at the time and it was a lesson to be learned. So I think there is something to be said here about this strategy from time to time. Nice observation!

@biscuitfiend @killF7 I appreciate your feedback... but as you stated other players get to do as they wish, this includes me. If I chose to not resign, that's on me, I'm old school and come from a lineage of educators. I can't help but feel invested in someone else success even when it means a loss for me. If I chose to make an accurate statement about people not knowing how to mate can be frustrating to deal with, then that is fine. If you don't like the statement that's ok too. You are more than welcome to disagree but I do appreciate your time spent giving me feedback.

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To be fair, I should have been stomped here as my opponent was, in my opinion, better. I did not analyze enough to determine the advantages I had when I had them. I made several mistakes, like burning time on positions that I showed have known, but I am very new to Rapid and was under time control issues early on. I survived two mate sequences and as soon as I saw my chance I mated (with pawn rook combo) I guess that's why I never resign even when I feel like I am losing.

This kind of behaviour can also be a type of self punishment. Knowing one is playing badly and going to lose well then one figures since I blundered I don't deserve to play better than terrible. So to punish themselves they play even worse moves. I don't let it bother me. I just keep taking their material and generally end up checkmating them with a very simple roller mate. It seems what they hate the most is when you take your time and continue to play the best or near best moves. They have little patience with themselves (hence the self punishment) and have hit their frustration limit.

@Episcopul On move 28 after Rc8 you can take that rook, then the other rook drops back and you take that too, then the queen runs to the king for defense and you trade them too and you wind up a knight and rook up for 2 pawns nowhere near promotion.

I generally will play on even after it is obvious I will lose, in the hope of a blunder (time permitting) but once it gets to a significant material defect I will usually resign and congratulate my opponent, the honourable thing to do :)

What is worse, the obvious offensiveness of this sentence (still in progress at this point), or the sheer stupidity of recent comments on this thread? I would tend to think the latter, although perhaps that is just bias on my part.