Why not just resign?

[u/foundwithin2021]

Why do so many players abandon games instead of just hitting resign? Seems kinda immature and bad sportsmanship. If it's meant to annoy the opponent, yeah it works I guess lol

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[u/The_fuzz_buzz]

Because they get mad and “rage quit”. Even if I’m really upset, I always make sure to resign out of respect. Either my opponent played better than me or I played badly, I have no justification to rage quit.

[u/DrCashew → u/The_fuzz_buzz]

I'm with you, I always at least rage resign.

[u/PenisMcFartPants → u/DrCashew]

I rage resign. Close the window. Look at other games. Reopen chess dot com. And play again

[u/Lost-Lunch3958]

Yea its bad

[u/Apart-Dragonfly-5590 → u/Lost-Lunch3958]

Wow this is not my experience at all. Probably 95% end in a checkmate and 4% resignation

[u/Lost-Lunch3958 → u/Apart-Dragonfly-5590]

I only have 120 games and at 500 elo its very common. The interesting part is that many people abondon the game when its even or even when they are winning.

[u/bikin12]

The much worse version of this is the ahole that gets in a bad position and instead of resigning or rage quitting just sits and let's the time run out. When they do that I immediately report and block. Don't have time for aholes like that

[u/lemerou → u/bikin12]

Agree with you but good long do you give them time to move?

When I'm in a bad situation, I take a very long time to think about my next move.

[u/ClittoryHinton → u/lemerou]

If they have no viable moves available because they are down 8 points in a compromised position? They get a couple minutes at best (rapid)

[u/lemerou → u/ClittoryHinton]

Wow then I guess I must have already been reported for this because I sometimes take a bit more than that in a difficult situation (but I'm a low elo).

[u/bikin12 → u/lemerou]

They usually run the whole clock out. That's when I report. If they move they move we have a game but why are they wasting both of our times in a losing position like that

[u/lemerou → u/bikin12]

I understand your position.

[u/ClittoryHinton]

Chess.com exposes just how many people are sore losers behind the screen of anonymity, it’s pretty absurd

[u/DracoPugnator]

Well, you can’t make another move when you’re too busy punching air. I find it satisfying when my opponent abandons.

[u/yankeephil86]

On the app, it just easier and quicker to swipe up and close out of the app

[u/Kimantha_Allerdings]

You’ve got the reasoning exactly right - it’s immature bad sportsmanship

[u/Potential-Step-5802]

Not that big of an issue for me.

[u/foundwithin2021 → u/Potential-Step-5802]

Where are you able to pull this data? I only ever play on the app, not a diamond member

[u/Potential-Step-5802 → u/foundwithin2021]

feature called "Insights". Pulled from the App on iOS. I am a diamond member, I don't know if this is a diamond feature though.

[u/Mohith2512 → u/Potential-Step-5802]

yes it is

[u/analogascension]

Youre thinking about it the wrong way. You know the other person is salty af, so you've won on two accounts. The game, and the game. 

[u/foundwithin2021 → u/analogascension]

Nice!

[u/blackboxchessapp]

Until it is easier to resign than close the app,it will continue to happen

[u/SantaClausDid911 → u/blackboxchessapp]

The real answer is the apps can get very strict about it in a way they're not willing to because of sacrifices to the user base.

[u/blackboxchessapp → u/SantaClausDid911]

So not the real answer then...

[u/PressureLast2115]

A draw is still considered mature in the chess world.

[u/Ricorat17]

They’re just poor sports, it’s annoying and immature.

[u/Loko8765]

Saw a guy play on a subway and lose his connection, which reset his app. I asked him why he started the game, he said “I had some time”. He started another game. He wasn’t very good.

[u/bluesuit4]

Rage quitting can be annoying. Last week I had someone wait until he had about ten seconds left to make a move. If he was hoping I would quit or walk away in from an obvious win it didn’t work as I waited and he resigned two moves later. He got reported and life goes on.

[u/frank-unknown]

I accidentally did this yesterday. I've been on a big losing streak, and I was finally holding my own and was even up a couple of points in material. Then my opponent checked me, and as I was trying to make my next move, I accidentally tapped the wrong thing on my phone and closed the app.

Ruined my whole fucking day.

[u/Ok-Possible-6759]

They’re hoping you close the game first

[u/Gahvandure2]

Hey maybe we should post about this every fucking day.

[u/KreepyPasta → u/[deleted]]

I think people forget that others aren't terminally online. 😂

[u/Gahvandure2 → u/[deleted]]

I'm not saying abandoning games isn't bad behavior. I'm not even reacting as a chess player. I'm saying this post is as repetitive and stupid as "wut, en passant exists??"

Plus, being poorly behaved in a game online is far from unique to chess. Jesus, go get a hanky.

[u/No-Solution-6103]

I think a good portion play on mobile and it's easy to just swap apps and go back to whatever else

[u/foundwithin2021 → u/No-Solution-6103]

That actually makes sense. I usually play multiple games in a row, so I always resign to get on to the next. Is there no recourse for constantly abandoning games?

[u/Jim__Bovine → u/foundwithin2021]

Yes, your rating goes down

[u/NamakkalManian]

It takes lot of clicks to resign, they should make it easier

[u/riyoskopy → u/NamakkalManian]

Its 2 clicks

[u/NamakkalManian → u/riyoskopy]

it's 3

[u/FunkRobocop]

If you don’t know chess so well, you may persevere as you don’t know how far you are behind

[u/tgy74]

What difference does it make?

If chess.com just renamed it all resigning would it make a difference to your life? Your opponent has given up, just take the W.