Should I report people who start playing poorly on purpose when losing instead of resigning?

@lizani said in #8:
> You should only report the people who beat you, they've stolen your rating points.
I disagree. You should report the rating system ;-) Report Lichess.

I've reported the OP to their mom

Seriously: game after game, I think I'm coming to consider two things: (1) the popularity of rapid games (and faster) leads to rarely play end games or at best to blundering one's way through end games never really thought out; (2) resigning soon and fast also contributes to rarely playing end games. Does this lead to a mass of players who have no experience in end games? I don't know, but I do know I am one of them. Since end games are part of chess, is there anything to conclude as to the value and validity of ratings (I have many doubts about that, but that's another discussion), the definition of chess and the true quality and level of us chess players on Lichess?
With this in mind, I'll be encouraging myself and my opponent friends to not resign too fast, just for the sake of having the opportunity from time to time to play an end game.

@windy2 said in #13:
> Does this lead to a mass of players who have no experience in end games?
I suspect it may be the case. I was already surprised many times how often lichess players of my level, including those who generally play better than me, struggle in endgames. I also have similar impression from OTB games of children but that may be similar problem: they mostly play rapid games and rarely get into non-trivial endgames (they also tend to struggle in trivial ones though).

To add to what is already said, i've lost count how many games i lost on time with a clearly winning position (time management is a real thing), and i've lost count of those games when i'm winning and up on time, but fail to convert quickly enough, and lose on time because the opponent made me lose time with more random moves.

Every move can be a tactic to win or draw the game, if we can't win despite that, we got caught, and we'll try to be better next time.

The most annoying thing is the opponent letting the clock run instead of resigning, but lichess already has means to spot that.

I DONT KNOW BUT I GUESS YOU SHOULD

@mkubecek said in #14:
> I suspect it may be the case. I was already surprised many times how often lichess players of my level, including those who generally play better than me, struggle in endgames. I also have similar impression from OTB games of children but that may be similar problem: they mostly play rapid games and rarely get into non-trivial endgames (they also tend to struggle in trivial ones though).

Tbh, as someone who played in club when i was 10 to 14 y.o. 25 years ago (not to the highest lvls, but around 1600-1800 in classical), i don't remember learning the theory of endgames that even lichess has in the practice section.
I remember more learning tactics, solid openings, chess principles, and for the endgames, i guess we tried to rely on our calculation skills and the remaining time we had (classical games were 180+0).

@windy2 said in #13:
> resigning soon and fast also contributes to rarely playing end games. Does this lead to a mass of players who have no experience in end games?

You are right. And I want to point out something curious.

What you say is what disappoints me too: I rarely get to play an endgame, because the opponent almost always gives up first, and I don't like that.
Yet, I must confess that I myself tend to resign before reaching the endgame !... It happens to me often: when I am down let's say a bishop and I evaluate that the opponent, playing well, will win the endgame, I lose interest in the game and resign.

It's an absurd contradiction, because besides the fact that it's a fundamental phase to know and practice, I REALLY LOVE endgames.

When I frequented a club long ago, I didn't resign so early. I probably take online gaming more lightly than face-to-face chess with a real person. I wonder if this also applies to other players, and if it could be one of the explanations for this widespread phenomenon.

@a_Tauri said in #18:
> Yet, I must confess that I myself tend to resign before reaching the endgame !... It happens to me often: when I am down let's say a bishop and I evaluate that the opponent, playing well, will win the endgame, I lose interest in the game and resign.

Same here.