Author: Pete Melissakis
Date: 07:57:29 10/09/02
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On October 09, 2002 at 10:24:10, Brian Thomas wrote: >Interesting topic brought up recently among co-workers (we are casual chess >players only); interested here in opinions/thoughts, not looking to start a >debate and not meant as a troll! > >We've noticed that resigning is almost always considered acceptable in Chess. >Yet, in most sports or competition, this is not so. In most other competitions >(all that I can think of, but I may be missing some) even in the face of certain >defeat it is considered polite and perhaps "honorable" to finish the match. > >Opinions? > >Brian In the sports you mention the hopeless completion is not due to politeness but because of the rules of the game. It is a _requirement_. In chess, the rules allow resigning. Pete ô¿ô
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