It's obvious from the question that the OP has a low rating.
Continue to study the game and your understanding will grow.
If other players' behavior annoys you, you've already lost.
Learn from their actions and incorporate what is helpful into yours.
#3: >>Resigning is a sign of saying: well you outplayed me i lost you were better.
I don't agree. In the computer era resigning is a way to say: "Ohh, you are playing flawlessly. I have been preparing this line for years, and you did no mistakes. You are probably a cheater."
I resign so as not to waste time playing to check mate for my opponent. I find it bad sportmanship when someone refuses to resign. Turning a game into a 70 move game or something ridiculous.
Leaving games without resigning is obviously bad and what is worse is letting the clock run out for 10 or 20 minutes when you have lost, only to start making moves in the last 30 seconds.
#12, i don't think anyone thinks like that.
Resignation is simply an admission of defeat, how can it be bad.
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For beginners, it's best to play every game out to the bitter end since you can learn something new from every move. But when you are experienced enough to determine you're losing, it's chess etiquette to put a timely end and resign instead of dragging on. It is like good sportsmanship.
You have this backwards.
#16 I definitely agree.
You could learn a whole bunch of basic defensive concepts from playing a losing game. Who knows, at a low rating, your opponent might blunder and you might win anyway. I personally don't resign, even if I'm a piece or two down, unless checkmate is imminent. Remember to look out for opportunities to lure your opponent into stalemating you in the endgame.
I was thinking of this topic again today while playing some guy at the park, I was up +11 (up a rook, bishop, and knight) when I started going in for the kill... and he wasn't resigning turn after turn of my mating net... and then I accidentally blundered my Queen!!!!
I had to rely on clever tactics to re-secure the win via passed pawn but yeah... NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER SURRENDER! That goes for everyone at all stages of the game, no matter what happens.
Well, honestly, when you're playing against someone at the park, you shouldn't make assumptions about their playing strength.
However when you're at a tournament against players whose rating is displayed right on the board, or you're against a friend who you've played at least ten times, there's no real reason to drag on when you know you've blew your chances of winning or to secure a draw.
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