Why you should never resign!

If this isn't one of the fishiest games I've ever seen, idk what is... Is this scripted or are your ratings glitched?

When the chance of you making a comeback is very low, you should resign the game and study it— as to learn from your mistakes— since that is a way better use of your time than playing a game where the chance of you making a comeback is too low for continued-playing to be the optimal choice.

We can write different unlikely and gimmicky scenarios where you will comeback from a non-recoverable position (which do happen, just not often enough), but more often than not, you will just be wasting your time; the better move in that position would be to Rickroll someone I mean spent that time analysing the non-recoverable game’s, take a walk, or do Puzzles - all of which have a higher chance of enabling you to win more games than you would ever win by not resigning most/all non-recoverable games.

@NaarVentje said in #3:
> @Arckai
> Stupid queen blunders still rarely happen at that level. I guess he got stressed because of time trouble.
Oh no, I have nothing against Queen blunders -- also I wasn't referring to "your" rating specifically (I should clarify that). If anything I'm a huge Botez Gambit supporter myself. The problem is punishing the Queen blunder looked like the only natural move throughout the entire game on White's end... Perhaps he got Queen-happy

@Shadow1414 said in #4:
> When the chance of you making a comeback is very low, you should resign the game and study it— as to learn from your mistakes— since that is a way better use of your time than playing a game where the chance of you making a comeback is too low for continued-playing to be the optimal choice.
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> We can write different unlikely and gimmicky scenarios where you will comeback from a non-recoverable position (which do happen, just not often enough), but more often than not, you will just be wasting your time; the better move in that position would be to Rickroll someone I mean spent that time analysing the non-recoverable game’s, take a walk, or do Puzzles - all of which have a higher chance of enabling you to win more games than you would ever win by not resigning most/all non-recoverable games.
You surely didn't suggest he should've resigned when he lost his Queen, right?

If you play against someone approximately your own skill-level, and you blunder.... the opponent can make a blunder too. It's just depends how many "hard to catch" tactics you are able to set up. You have to practice to be able to do it. If you don't play on when you are in a worse position, you will never learn how to play a worse position for a win or draw. You have to play in a tricky manner to get back into the game. Make some "bad moves" that you think your opponent might not punish, thus giving you some advantage. The idea of "you made a mistake, I punished it, now you resign!" is just silly for anyone who isn't playing against the very best. Do you think Magnus Carlsen became very good at converting end-games and squeezing a win out of a drawn, or even worse position by resigning online-games he had made mistakes in? The game of chess is all about creating situations on the board where it's possible for the opponent to make mistakes. It's a game of mistakes. You will not ever play perfectly, unless your opponent lets you, and he/she doesn't create difficult situations for you.

In a tournament you might resign after a big blunder, but that's because it might make sense for your own personal time-management. It's actually a bit fun to try to find resources for defending, trying to look for forced repetitions of moves or a stalemate or maybe even a 1-move-blunder by the opponent.

Getting a draw in a lost position feels like a win. It's worth it.

@NaarVentje said in #1:
> Tc: 3+0
Wow, great!