@ReallyLowELO said in #20:
> Nah just never resign. I was playing a 2100 FIDE rated player OTB (400 higher than me), who blundered mate in one up loads of material when I only had a rook, so anything can happen. Even as @aerosol2505 says, ‘2000s being down a piece with zero compensation, resign’, have you actually ever tried playing through a game in that position? Because chances happen surprisingly often.
I overlooked this earlier. Im usually a late resigner, and yes I know that just the psychological thought of "Im a piece up I have to win now" sometimes makes players passive, not wanting to risk anything and allow counterplay etc. However, I was more specifically talking about endgames here. if youre in a Bishop and 6 pawns vs 6 pawns endgame, youre relatively free to resign.
For your 2100 FIDE opponent, i assume thats in huge timetrouble while blitzing? Thats a whole different story, but for classical games this should not happen to any 2100 FIDE for that matter. In blitz youre very free to NOT resign if your opponent only has 2 seconds on the clock obviously - it falls under the same rule of thumb as above "Only Resign when you are 100% confident there is no chance for your opponent to mess up." Afterall, time is a piece sometimes, and being up a piece with no time makes people struggle.
> Nah just never resign. I was playing a 2100 FIDE rated player OTB (400 higher than me), who blundered mate in one up loads of material when I only had a rook, so anything can happen. Even as @aerosol2505 says, ‘2000s being down a piece with zero compensation, resign’, have you actually ever tried playing through a game in that position? Because chances happen surprisingly often.
I overlooked this earlier. Im usually a late resigner, and yes I know that just the psychological thought of "Im a piece up I have to win now" sometimes makes players passive, not wanting to risk anything and allow counterplay etc. However, I was more specifically talking about endgames here. if youre in a Bishop and 6 pawns vs 6 pawns endgame, youre relatively free to resign.
For your 2100 FIDE opponent, i assume thats in huge timetrouble while blitzing? Thats a whole different story, but for classical games this should not happen to any 2100 FIDE for that matter. In blitz youre very free to NOT resign if your opponent only has 2 seconds on the clock obviously - it falls under the same rule of thumb as above "Only Resign when you are 100% confident there is no chance for your opponent to mess up." Afterall, time is a piece sometimes, and being up a piece with no time makes people struggle.