As it necessary? 👀are people no longer playing for the sake of tactic and strategy? Are they into playing perfect moves only until they win? I’m asking because I have received almost 17 resigns this week from fellow random chess players.
They are now down by 1 piece and 2 pawns (after bxc3, which also vives you a passed pawn). This is a very lost game for white. There also aren’t any possibly tricky things to try and make you blunder that I can think of.
Chess is like any other multiplayer game in one regard. Anonymous match ups turn people into assholes. Resigning at the drop of a hat isn’t too terrible, but it’s just something you wouldn’t do if you were playing a friendly game in person.
I play Stockfish exclusively now, fuck a rating, because for the brief time I was playing real people it seemed like every other match I’d get someone yelling in the chat, asking for moves back when they blunder, or just resigning when it started going against them. Especially with time pressure it’s just not worth it when you have an infinitely patient, world class chess opponent on call 24/7.
The full pgn of he game:
[Event “Rated Rapid game”] [Site “https://lichess.org/dFLFTPqF”] [Date “2026.01.04”] [White “The-Duke-of-Cork”] [Black “Aethiope”] [Result “0-1”] [WhiteElo “1318”] [BlackElo “1330”] [WhiteRatingDiff “-6”] [BlackRatingDiff “+21”] [Variant “Standard”] [TimeControl “600+0”] [ECO “A40”] [Opening “Queen’s Pawn Game”]
- d4 { [%eval 0.17] [%clk 0:10:00.03] } c6 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 0:10:00.03] } 2. Bf4 { [%eval 0.19] [%emt 0:00:00.56] [%clk 0:09:59.47] } Nf6 { [%eval 0.25] [%emt 0:00:04.96] [%clk 0:09:55.07] } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.15] [%emt 0:00:00.72] [%clk 0:09:58.75] } d5 { [%eval 0.28] [%emt 0:00:05.12] [%clk 0:09:49.95] } 4. Nc3 { [%eval 0.00] [%emt 0:00:00.88] [%clk 0:09:57.87] } c5 $2 { Mistake. Nbd7 was best. [%eval 1.11] [%emt 0:00:02.08] [%clk 0:09:47.87] } ( 4… Nbd7 5. a3 Qb6 6. Rb1 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 ) 5. e3 $6 { Inaccuracy. dxc5 was best. [%eval 0.49] [%emt 0:00:01.76] [%clk 0:09:56.11] } ( 5. dxc5 e6 6. b4 Nc6 7. Nb5 e5 8. Nxe5 Bxc5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 ) 5… cxd4 { [%eval 0.66] [%emt 0:00:02.24] [%clk 0:09:45.63] } 6. Qxd4 { [%eval 0.31] [%emt 0:00:09.76] [%clk 0:09:46.35] } Nc6 { [%eval 0.22] [%emt 0:00:00] [%clk 0:09:45.63] } 7. Qa4 { [%eval 0.00] [%emt 0:00:04.24] [%clk 0:09:42.11] } Bd7 { [%eval 0.00] [%emt 0:00:05.44] [%clk 0:09:40.19] } 8. Bb5 $6 { Inaccuracy. O-O-O was best. [%eval -0.58] [%emt 0:00:01.04] [%clk 0:09:41.07] } ( 8. O-O-O e6 9. e4 a6 10. exd5 b5 11. Qxb5 axb5 12. dxc6 b4 ) 8… e6 { [%eval -0.62] [%emt 0:00:02.24] [%clk 0:09:37.95] } 9. Bxc6 { [%eval -0.66] [%emt 0:00:08.4] [%clk 0:09:32.67] } Bxc6 { [%eval -0.74] [%emt 0:00:03.28] [%clk 0:09:34.67] } 10. Qd4 { [%eval -0.77] [%emt 0:00:10.96] [%clk 0:09:21.71] } Bd6 $6 { Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. [%eval -0.01] [%emt 0:00:09.92] [%clk 0:09:24.75] } ( 10… Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 Qc8 13. Qd3 Rd8 14. a4 Be8 15. a5 Qc5 16. Be5 ) 11. Ne5 { [%eval -0.52] [%emt 0:00:05.6] [%clk 0:09:16.11] } O-O { [%eval -0.46] [%emt 0:00:03.92] [%clk 0:09:20.83] } 12. O-O { [%eval -0.47] [%emt 0:00:05.2] [%clk 0:09:10.91] } Qb6 $4 { Blunder. Be8 was best. [%eval 2.06] [%emt 0:00:10.16] [%clk 0:09:10.67] } ( 12… Be8 ) 13. Qd1 $4 { Blunder. Qxb6 was best. [%eval -1.29] [%emt 0:00:22.48] [%clk 0:08:48.43] } ( 13. Qxb6 ) 13… Qc7 $6 { Inaccuracy. Qxb2 was best. [%eval -0.47] [%emt 0:00:04.88] [%clk 0:09:05.79] } ( 13… Qxb2 14. Nd3 Qxc3 15. Bxd6 Rfc8 16. Be5 Qc4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rb1 Qe4 19. Re1 ) 14. Nxc6 { [%eval -0.48] [%emt 0:00:08.08] [%clk 0:08:40.35] } Qxc6 { [%eval -0.28] [%emt 0:00:07.28] [%clk 0:08:58.51] } 15. Bxd6 { [%eval -0.34] [%emt 0:00:08.4] [%clk 0:08:31.95] } Qxd6 { [%eval -0.25] [%emt 0:00:01.44] [%clk 0:08:57.07] } 16. Qf3 { [%eval -0.58] [%emt 0:00:02.08] [%clk 0:08:29.87] } Rac8 { [%eval -0.52] [%emt 0:00:06.08] [%clk 0:08:50.99] } 17. Nb5 $6 { Inaccuracy. Rfc1 was best. [%eval -1.26] [%emt 0:00:01.84] [%clk 0:08:28.03] } ( 17. Rfc1 ) 17… Qb6 { [%eval -1.32] [%emt 0:00:04.16] [%clk 0:08:46.83] } 18. a4 $2 { Mistake. Qe2 was best. [%eval -2.71] [%emt 0:00:13.44] [%clk 0:08:14.59] } ( 18. Qe2 a6 19. Nd4 Qxb2 20. Rab1 Qxa2 21. Rxb7 Rb8 22. Rb3 e5 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 ) 18… a5 $4 { Blunder. Rxc2 was best. [%eval -0.13] [%emt 0:00:07.12] [%clk 0:08:39.71] } ( 18… Rxc2 19. b3 Rfc8 20. Nd4 R2c5 21. h3 h6 22. Qf4 Qd8 23. b4 Rc4 24. b5 ) 19. c3 { [%eval -0.14] [%emt 0:00:06] [%clk 0:08:08.59] } Rc5 { [%eval -0.02] [%emt 0:00:03.12] [%clk 0:08:36.59] } 20. h3 { [%eval -0.06] [%emt 0:00:05.2] [%clk 0:08:03.39] } Ne4 { [%eval -0.04] [%emt 0:00:09.52] [%clk 0:08:27.07] } 21. Qg4 { [%eval -0.15] [%emt 0:00:26.16] [%clk 0:07:37.23] } Re8 { [%eval -0.01] [%emt 0:00:02.56] [%clk 0:08:24.51] } 22. b4 $2 { Mistake. Rfd1 was best. [%eval -1.48] [%emt 0:00:07.6] [%clk 0:07:29.63] } ( 22. Rfd1 g6 23. Qf3 h5 24. Qe2 Kg7 25. Qc2 Rec8 26. Rd4 Rc4 27. Rdd1 Nd6 ) 22… Rc4 { [%eval -1.47] [%emt 0:00:05.68] [%clk 0:08:18.83] } 23. Qf4 { [%eval -1.54] [%emt 0:00:23.04] [%clk 0:07:06.59] } axb4 { [%eval -1.45] [%emt 0:00:02.24] [%clk 0:08:16.59] } 24. Nd6 $4 { Blunder. cxb4 was best. [%eval -6.26] [%emt 0:00:05.22] [%clk 0:07:01.37] } ( 24. cxb4 h6 25. Rfd1 Rxb4 26. Rdc1 Qa5 27. Qc7 Qxc7 28. Rxc7 Ra8 29. Rxb7 Rbxa4 ) 0-1