How to be an enlightened chess player

The Picard Maneuver · 10 months ago

livus · 10 months ago

Ugh I got told that at my level you should never resign because all of us make such stupid mistakes there’s still a chance of a win.

Hard to actually do though when you’re down 10+ points and huddled miserably in a corner.

@[email protected] · 10 months ago

Here’s another reason you should never resign: endgames are crazy hard, and not resigning is the only chance you’ll ever get to practice them.

livus · 10 months ago

@duncesplayed thanks that’s a really good point!

I just somehow won an endgame after losing both my castles, thought of this convo.

@cucumber_sandwich · 10 months ago

Endgames down 10 points of material don’t teach you anything.

@Jackcooper · 10 months ago

I mean if you’re an adult and you get ladder mated you deserve to feel bad

livus · edit-2 10 months ago

@Jackcooper well yeah as soon as you see an inevitable forced mating pattern you’d resign, I don’t think they mean that.

That said, I’m a super old adult and I’m never going to feel bad for being terrible at chess.