Dibbun wrote:I'm from a chess background, and if someone told me to surrender I'd hit him. Whether or not I choose to surrender is my discretion, and I would not be caught dead asking my opponent to surrender. I also would not ever imply the game is over prior to the checkmate.
If you look at actual games played in actual Championship play, you will see that 90% of them end in a resignation. Serious players don't want to waste their time dragging it out to the bitter end. Once they can see that they've lost they resign and move on to the next game.
It would probably be rude to suggest to someone that they
should resign, but serious players don't need to be told. They know when it's logically over.
Dibbun wrote:First, in chess games, victory is very rarely assured. The avoidance of defeat may certainly be assured, but often there are ways to force a stalemate, even when your opponent has not lost a single piece.
Only among novices. A good player is not going to let you turn a loss into a stalemate. If you make an error and don't have enough common sense to resign, he will simply continue exploiting your error step by step until the end.