It looks like this video was tailor-made for you!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKVVhBoo13wOn a different note, one reason your 800 opponent does not resign in K+Q vs K may be he does not understand that you can force mate. Instead of lecturing him 12 times about supposed chess etiquette (you are in the wrong as everyone else pointed out) teach him how to mate in that particular endgame. If the mating technique is clear to him it is possible he stops bothering playing to mate in those endgames.
I teach the kids to never resign. What would happen if the Alamo resigned? What would happen is the Patriots were losing at halftime and decides to quit? What would happen if, after a bad grade, you dropped out of school?
Is it good etiquette to resign completely lost positions?
I've heard that at the GM level there is an element of respect involved, yes.
If you're not titled, then no.
I used to feel annoyed with people that didn't resign...
...but you can only blunder so many completely won endgames before you understand that your opponent has a point.
There is no obligation but it is pretty annoying that people play with the 'never resign and never accept a draw' mentality. But as others have said its the game and one doesn't have to resign.
But as a higher rated player you can opt not to play that person in casual games. Obviously in a tournament you have to play them. Perhaps bring a book to read and kick back with a Harry Potter novel as they are thinking long periods of time on the best move to make when they are a Queen down.
In London 1851 , the first top level tournament of modern times , there was no time limit.
Some players , especially Mr. Williams , were thinking about 2-3 hours for each move. Their opponents went crazy.
Obviously , Mr.Williams never resigned , even if he was 5 Queens down...
Luckily , the great Anderssen won the tournament!
@jonesmh “What would happen if the Alamo resigned?”
Do you know what happened at the Alamo?
A few of the many slaughtered Texans did, in fact, "resign" (surrender). It did not end well for them.
Resign is nothing
in our club we teach young player never to resign. 800 must be a child. In games between young kids I have seen stalemates with other player have 3-4 queens. No point resigning. Thats a skill you can learn later
You never win by resigning. You can however save yourself a lot of effort by resigning, if you know when it's completely lost. If there's any chance your opponent could go wrong you should not resign.
I recently stalemated my opponent in a KQ vs K endgame, and although I would have liked my opponent to resign before that, he fought on until I blundered with 1.2 seconds (no increment) left on my clock.
Play on if you like, it's your choice. And if your opponent wants to play on thats fine too. Deliberately playing slow or wasting time is frowned upon though.
@pawnaway I agree with what you're saying in terms of speed chess or time crunch situations. However, we often play casually without clocks, so it really bugs me. It's insulting to me that he thinks a 1600+ would blunder an overkill mate with unlimited time to think.
