I enter a tournament from time to time, mainly in the winter so I am not a chess junky. In one recent tournament the two players each resigned quite early in their two two games concerned when playing black. There were no obvious reasons to resign as far as I could see. Why would anyone do this?
@francopawn saidIf it was a duel it might be the case that they didn't want to be the person eliminating the other...
I enter a tournament from time to time, mainly in the winter so I am not a chess junky. In one recent tournament the two players each resigned quite early in their two two games concerned when playing black. There were no obvious reasons to resign as far as I could see. Why would anyone do this?
@Ponderable
Thank you for your thoughts but it happened very early in their games in a tournament with 21 participants. I was just curious. I just happened to stumble across this oddity.
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@Trev33
Once in a while I'll get an opponent who resigns after losing a piece early in a game. I presume they're just frustrated with the mistake and would rather end the game than play it out down a piece.
@francopawn saidThere could be 2 reasons for this.
I enter a tournament from time to time, mainly in the winter so I am not a chess junky. In one recent tournament the two players each resigned quite early in their two two games concerned when playing black. There were no obvious reasons to resign as far as I could see. Why would anyone do this?
Some cheats use tournaments as a tool for reducing their rating to make them look weaker players when playing for a clan.
The clan leader then "matches" them to players with similar current ratings where they then have an advantage.
Another reason could be a reluctance to play games against a certain,or certain individuals who have joined the tournament at a late stage.
@Trev33
Tournament 2021 November Hardcore Grand II / ZERO day timeout. 21 day timebank
https://www.redhotpawn.com/chess/chess-game-analysis.php?gameid=14640892
@venda
Thank you. The odd thing was that it only happened when each was playing black. Perhaps they have an arrangement between them? It just struck me as an odd thing to do.
@Ponderable
But they each resigned as black on about move 11 at the start of the tournament.
@francopawn saidThe way to link is Tournament 41035
@Trev33
Tournament 2021 November Hardcore Grand II / ZERO day timeout. 21 day timebank
https://www.redhotpawn.com/chess/chess-game-analysis.php?gameid=14640892
[tid] 41035 [/tid] removing the blanks.
@francopawn saidI saw that... I have no explanation. Maybe you contact the popel themselves?
@Ponderable
But they each resigned as black on about move 11 at the start of the tournament.
NN Cheap won the tournament without a loss. So anything the two plöayers didw as minimizing their chances...