So, I've heard this a few times before, but wanted to reiterate it, NEVER resign in a game no matter if you are down 10+ points in material or about to be checkmated, you can definitely (especially if they are in time pressure) hope for a draw, or have them blunder away their advantage.

I was inspired to post this from a game I just played where, not only one but two crazy things happened after I had previously wanted to resign, with me first going down seven points in material,

and then after both some good moves by me, and blunders from my opponent, I got into a rook and rook endgame,

which should have been drawn. After that, I was severely down on time, and suffering from severe time pressure, and it looked like I would either lose on time or the game would be drawn. My opponent then blundered his rook, and I should have won the game, but I got down to about 1.6 seconds and was just premoving my rook at a last ditch attempt to not lose on time. My opponent was on 1:30 minutes and at my final premove before I lost on time...

He then wasn't moving, and for the next 1:30 I waited, thinking that he would move and seal my fate, and yet the clock was winding down, first 1 minute, then 30, 15 and eventually... 0 seconds!

Ok, guys sorry for the long story, I know it's not that special, and I'm only rated 1100 but I almost resigned that game, and just wanted to encourage others to also not resign. And that really any chess player can make a blunder (even Magnus ) and if you resign you don't capitalize on those mistakes.

I was going to write more, but I'm tired of writing, so if you care here's the game:

(It's 109 moves btw)

If you guys have any crazy comeback games, or games where you almost resigned, feel free to comment them!

*Edit*

I wanted to clarify that this is only advice from my own experience, and for those who are around my rating and below it, because at my level (which is not very high but, I think that the average is around 800-1000 so) this is what happens, and is generally good advice. For all of you 2000 rated pro's, yes I admit at a certain point a game IS lost.

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