My Opponent Resigned A Winning Position

[@TheChessGenie]

Resigning in a winning position actually happened to me a couple of times. Almost every single one of these times, the only move to save the game was an obscure sacrifice or silent move that I had no chance of spotting because I could not even understand it after it had been presented to me by the engine.

[@GAOMaster]

"TheChessGenie"

[@TheChessGenie]

@@GAOMaster Everyone has once been below 1500.

[@Янус_Ырт]

@@TheChessGenie someone still is...

[@V2_The_Machine]

i once resigned with M1...

[@A.Singularity]

​@@V2_The_Machine me when the mate in 1 looks like I'm blundering my queen but it's actually being protected by the bishop i forgot about in an obscure corner

[@obiwancannoli1920]

I was down a bishop but then the opponent disconnected. Wi-fi gambit is too good.

[@waxberry4]

Resigning in a winning position is called the ultimate blunder.

[@brycepowell6639]

Yes. It happened to me, me and my opponent thought he blundered a piece. I took it. I had actually blundered my queen to a knight fork. He resigned and missed it lol

[@Tay10rd]

[@brycepowell6639]

@@Tay10rd this was 1800 rapid on lichess. I was winning the whole time after an amazing attack. He just gave up 5 seconds too soon

[@M1Miketro]

Chess against Martin but after each move you have to roll dice 1 means Martin gets a pawn 2 means Nelson gets a pawn 3 means you have to move your king 4 means Martin drops a bomb on a random square and captures any of your pieces that is on it 5 means Martin gets a rook 6 means an extra turn for Martin

[@claytonbenignus4688]

I have had to abandon winning games because my wife had urgent chores for me. Don’t judge your opponent too harshly. He may be henpecked.

[@JebAlert]

There's a reason the queen is the most dangerous piece in chess.

[@claytonbenignus4688]

@@JebAlert. Rotflmao 🤪!!!

[@ethandowler4669]

This comment is so real-life 🤣

[@TheBlobik]

The greatest benefit of having a wife: You have an excuse for EVERYTHING, just say that your wife wants it and everyone will accept that.

[@CST1992]

@@JebAlert Yeah, she can checkmate her own king....

[@BorisGamingChannel]

My theory is either they missed Qh6 wasn't checkmate after Kh8 or maybe they thought after Kh8 Qg4 they are lost, which I actually can't exactly see myself how black stops it.

[@AndrewB847]

After Qg4 (or Qf7), Black can win with Qxe5+, as Kh1 loses quickly to Qd5+ and anything else allows Black to exchange queens at least.

[@Qoko88]

@@AndrewB847 Perhaps worth mentioning after 3....Qd5+ 4.Kh2, 4....Bd6+ unleashes the bishop and wins the game as now White's forced to give up everything on g3. Not easy to see for either side tbh.

[@BigDBrian]

happened to me recently too. I had an end-game pin that would win material, but the opponent could get out of it with a check, coming out with an advantage. Instead they resigned because they assumed they would lose a piece.

[@puzzLEGO]

the amount of endgames i’ve resigned because i thought it was lost but it was actually a draw…

[@dylanwright3362]

Had a moment like this in an endgame yesterday… we both kept blundering and he resigned when he had plus 64

[@rubeno1838]

Mom called „Computer time is over“

[@warmpianist]

This is why I never resign under any circumstances. I also got some people salty enough to chat to me saying "learn to resign" because I never resign in a probably (definitely) losing position.

[@danielyuan9862]

Tell them "learn to win"

[@MaskOfCinder]

There is no point in resigning. All you are doing is removing the chance of your opponent blundering a winning position. You are leaving potential draws and wins on the table by resigning.

[@nemuonakpoya8592]

Lol, Nelson This is me. I actually thought u were winning. You were playing with me.

[@GoofyManMF]

BS

[@Liam_The_Great]

prove it

[@BrawlStarsPearl-Stats]

Not Real, prove it

[@AbouTaim-Lille]

It is like winning a football match by an own goal .

[@bennettgibson3738]

2:07 how do you feel about a positional sacrifice Nxb5 here (after trading on f6) Gives you two connected outside passers and stops the threat of the bishop skewer!

[@jpg7616]

2:15 his keyboard resigns in a winning position

[@Gingnose]

My opponent resigned yesterday with my queen hanging. I was almost delivering the checkmate and that square was actually defended by the opponent's queen from far away.

[@bongcloud4442]

I´ve had my opponent resign in a position where he had forced M1 on board. Pretty hard to top that.

[@LostKin69]

The eval bar doesn't consider that he has HALF of your time left

[@miston847]

I accidentally blundered my queen by taking a pawn and then my guy just resigned out of confusion.

[@GutsyClumsy07]

yeah it happened to me yesterday. I thought I got a smothered mate but I forgot he can take the queen with the King. My opponent resigned without realizing my blunder. 😂

[@Rudy137]

Ouch

[@epiko0]

smothered mates can only happen with knights

[@Rudy137]

@@epiko0 you can use your queen to bait it though

[@GutsyClumsy07]

@@epiko0 Yeah I know that. You didnt get my point.

[@epiko0]

@@Rudy137 he said he BLUNDERED his queen

[@IvanToman]

I resigned many games because something important happened, like someone rings on the phone or door, or whatever. But this position looks like yeah, probably overlooked position.

[@tyrantishrl]

“Pawnpusherschessaccademy” 😂😂

[@dentonyoung4314]

1n 1933, Flohr resigned a game against Grob that was similar to this. Grob had a seemingly unstoppable mate... that could actually be stopped very simply, but Flohr's brain got paralyzed and he missed the defensive move. In the late '60s, the US was playing a team match against Austria. The first three boards had finished 1.5-1.5, leaving it up to the fourth and final board. Richard Verber was playing as White for the Americans. Material was even, but Verber's position was worse. The Austrian captured a minor piece, expecting Verber to recapture. Instead, Verber went after a Rook and won it, but in the process the Austrian captured a second minor piece, and Verber's knight was stranded. Verber found a clever way to free his knight, and the Austrian... resigned! He had forgotten about the initial capture that started the entire sequence. All his brain told him was that he had lost a rook, captured a minor piece, and then let Verber's knight escape. He was up two pieces for a rook, but thought he was the Exchange down!

[@alexvizitiu9909]

One of my games: Me: starts playing opening Opponent: resign

[@dragonspight]

The position turns into a minefield after that Rg1+. Even beyond the first two moves, black's advantage comes down to some sharp maneuvering that he just may not have seen.

[@HNBGamer]

I do find it interesting that I have see quite a few times where players did not see a random bishop just hanging around and happened to be able to stop a checkmate attempt.

[@judemorales4U]

Yes I have had opponents 'leaving" the game (all the annoying time). Sometimes my call would be that they would win.

[@ARODATX]

When I’m at work (fire station) and get a call I resign games.

[@bluezlarcus160]

I resigned when I was winning BC I got fried livered but I forgot I could recapture the knight and still be up on material cuz I had more pawns

[@HNBGamer]

Funny how task manager just randomly pop up during the speed up

[@JoseChuaJuanChen2021]

White thought he checkmated black, but black resignes of winning position because of the rook attacks queen when I watched someone.

[@JamesG761]

I did the same. I "blundered" my rook and resigned. Even tho the rook sack was a brilliant move i didnt know about and was a forced mate in 5.

[@th8714]

rip that guy

[@ayushmanshah2566]

there was once a guy who had mate in 1 but for some reason just resign because he thought he had no more attack

[@roderickmain9697]

I'm looking at this and I'm wondering what options he has. Only H7 or H8. If H7 then you check him on F7 with the queen and its game over. His only good move is H8 in which case you move the queen G4. ... so his options might be Q-F2+ which you block with R-G2 or QxP(h3)+ followed by QxQ+, RxQ+ KxR and you end up with a rook vs Bishop endgame which you should be better. OR... QxP(e5)+ and you move k to H1 ...now what does he do? I think youve got him here.

[@Shaun_GTI]

Maybe the opponent really needed to use the washroom and was being kind instead of flagging

[@timesnow6205]

0:25 and you said knight c3 is bad because the opponent can take the pawn with the knight and then play d5 with pawn which forks the bishop and the knight, and black is "winning"

[@eriksteffahn6172]

No, Nc3 is fine. After Nxe4 there's Qh5 and the lines can get complicated, but white keeps a small edge. Nelson actually made a video about this exact variation two days ago (the Frankenstein-Dracula one).

[@AidenHardy596]

I once agreed to a draw when me and an opponent had traded all of our pieces; I completely missed the fact that I had three extra pawns

[@mythrilturtle]

Yes, I pushed my queen to h8 going for back rank tactics+potential checkmate not realizing my opponent's queen was on a1. They also missed that and moved their king, allowing me to move my queen and turn the position to being heavily in my favor.

[@Hunter-mj8qg]

A guy I went against once resigned because he thought I had a mate 1 but I actually left my queen hanging and he didn’t see it and resigned

[@awesomeguy5451]

one time I thought I had a forced promotion to a queen but it didn't work but my opponent thought it did work and tried to prevent it and got checkmated immediately

[@trumplostlol3007]

-4.88 is chess engine evaluation. Humans cannot find the best moves to win even with -4.88.

[@AndersWelander]

I can think of so many external reasons why the opponent would just want to end the game although they were winning.

[@Jazlan2505]

a few months ago my opponent resigned but he had mate in 2

[@user-m8k9d]

why didnt you play Bxf7+ in the opening, winning the piece back with b4? Looks very fun to play to me :D

[@silvercraaken2164]

this guys a step behind me, i dont even need the resign button to lose a winning position

[@1mpulse182]

sometimes ppl resign even tho they're winning because they have stuff to do in real life (that wasnt meant in a bad way, thats the only reason i can think of.)

[@rosebuster]

It happens to me sometimes and I'm usually on the other end. I resign thinking I'm completely lost and then I find out I was winning...

[@jniemec]

I personally have had to resign winning positions when an important phone call came in

[@russellbyrd]

I have one crazy story from my youth when I was playing in a 5-minute rapid game tourney. I was playing a guy who actually put in checkmate without knowing it. I didn't see it at once and suddenly he lost on time! So what would the rules have said if there had been a judge there? That we BOTH should lose?! :)

[@ryanstejskal1506]

Checkmate ends the game, period. If a legal move is played that results in checkmate, the game is over and anything that happens afterward with the clocks is irrelevant.

[@mukileswara12]

This happened to me, but I was the one to resign. My opponent had just one second on clock and I didn't saw it

[@Rundik]

He probably had to go answer doorbell or something

[@ScarletDeathweaverLegacy]

A couple of weeks ago I resigned on move 11 up a pawn with an evaluation of +1.81 as white after the black king failed to go to e6 to guard the knight in the fried liver attack. Did I resign when I was winning as well as your opponent?

[@2003LN6]

Once I had a game like this. I was down 3 points of material and wanted an indirect queen trade (like a bishop attacking the queen is blocked by my knight which is attacking the opponent queen) and it was my turn to move. I used the knight to capture the opponent queen, and was expecting the bishop to capture my queen back for an equal trade. However, the opponent apparently did not see that he could capture my queen, and they decided to resign 3 points up.

[@CardinalSven]

If you go into game analysis, you can click best move in a position. Then you can also find the follow-up moves, so you should be able to see the sacrifice and why it's good.

[@miodragcristianiovanov229]

One of my opponents recently played such a game against me! :) I resigned because I somehow thought that they captured my queen, only to then realize they hadn't. I thought I heard the noise of capture, and it could have only been my Queen. I was getting ready for a made in 2 or 3 maneuver, but "lost" my Queen (at least in my mind...). But it was a bullet, oh well...

[@vladislavpolovinkin6598]

I resign sometimes in winning position when I have to go urgently and can't continue the game

[@aperson3787]

I only was on the resigning side of this once, and it was because i was tilted and forgot that when my rook went down to block the check, it was a discovered check. I just thought i was mated

[@mahmoudnasser2892]

It happened to me yesterday i was move away from checkmating my opponent and he had backrank checkmate and he resign

[@charlie8344]

I accidentally offered a draw and then my opponent blundered a knight and accepted the draw. I managed to rematch and beat him though

[@OvercookedOctopusFeet]

I never resign. I always lose before i get the chance.

[@mohamedhason7838]

loved the keyboard repair section of the vid

[@daveking5576]

After black moved pawn to c6, you should have sacrificed your white bishop by taking f7 (with a check). After black moves out of check, you simply move to b4 and black's knight is lost.

[@hinyuchin4724]

Maybe they got something urgent to do.

[@_Exen_]

maybe he was going to bed and was too tired of playing the rest of the game!

[@AhimtarHoN]

Haha yeah, just recently I created an awesome fork with a knight targeting two rooks, not realizing that he can easily check me, get out and even win the knight for nothing. I got the blunder realization right after I moved, I sat there hoping the opponent won't see it, and he straight up resigned after like 4 seconds :D

[@renobgm]

Just to screw around I made an unexplainable blunder of a piece that my opponent stared at for a few minutes before resigning. He thought it was a brilliant move and I was totally bluffing, checked the analysis and he had forced mate

[@ryanhaart]

His wife called him for dinner😀

[@atomanni-k5m]

I actually resigned several times for that reason

[@GAMERUGLYJUJU]

My opponent was so nice because I didn’t resign when he was winning he ended up resigning even though having a mate in one. Moments like that give me hope for humanity

[@igna_xd6266]

i always resign thinking i completely lost and stockfish says its +4 for me and finds some crazy move combination

[@masonfoster619]

If black king would've went into the corner and white queen to f7 what would black be able to do anything other than get a draw from perpetual check? What would be blacks line to win from this position, sacrifice queen for rook?

[@astros7242]

I have resigned a winning position. I was down a piece and thought I was about to lose another and be in an unrecoverable position. What I didn’t know was I had a very powerful Queen sacrifice at the time I was so new I didn’t know how to follow the pattern after that to see what in the world the engine saw after that where somehow I ended up in a winning position. No idea how it worked. If I were to see it today I would at least follow the position through and see how stockfish comes out ahead. This was a long time ago. But I won’t forget thinking the engine must be broken the stupid thing just wants me to sac my Queen WTF? Having seen your channel for awhile now I know there was obviously some sort of magical follow up.

[@lutimstrickshots9253]

Suggestion: Cannonball chess Every two moves, Martin fires a cannon at a random square and if your piece is on that square it dies. But Martin's pieces have put on cannonball-proof armor so the cannonballs don't do anything to them. Also, both kings have the cannonnball-proof armor too. Good luck!

[@tuxedobob2]

Might be more fun without the restrictions.

[@juxoq]

I vaguely remember when I was new I played against someone and they resigned when I was losing my queen. Curious move

[@crimson_bamdit5867]

Chess vibes: i lost i- The opponent: i resign Chess vibes: what? Why? The opponent: some games are better left unfinished

[@jadon3776]

Ive offered a draw to an opposite color bishop endgame thinking it was a draw and of course game review thought I was +3. I don't know anything about chess anymore.

[@НиколайШерстюк-ы7е]

And then he sacrifices THE BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISHOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@julianbrudka9821]

could you make a series like guess the elo?

[@Aikoyori]

did the board change colour halfway through?

[@KikanKikan-wb1wr]

It happen to me alot ,in my time work,I have rest time suddenly the bos coming and give me urgent task, and I have to resign

[@talesofthespiritwarriorand1106]

I resign winning positions when I need to go to my next class

[@ThainaYu]

What happen if you play QueenG4 if they run into corner though?

[@77zeusgaming]

his/her mom could have taken her/his device

[@MemePiano69]

Maybe they thought Qg4 would have forced mate

[@tykemorris]

To be fair to your opponent, it did look at first glance like you had a quick checkmate. It was definitely a mistake on his part though.

[@playbtdbattles2409]

Happens to me a lot in my 600 elo because they need to go do somthin else

[@ศกรโสมาภา]

I’ve resign right when my opponent blunder a queen in one move without taking it before. So, yeah.

[@aaa-v9u]

I've had a position where I had mate in 2, but resigned, not my fault cuz my "friend" was messing with me, by shut down my computer, disconnecting me, and basically like a resignation. I lost rating due to that, and got SO mad at him for it, and he just kept fooling around, saying "No, you won, look, you're white, see? you won" (I was black). I ended up getting him back by closing all his tabs. Idc what they were, they were already saved so nothing would be lost, but I did it just to have him sign in back on his computer for about 5 mins. To rub even more salt in the wound, I SAW the mate in 2, literally a matter of seconds I would've won, and that broke my win streak of 10

[@phoenixxdc2194]

that guy got loadshedding im betting

[@MasterMatt12]

I was against someone and they resigned when they had mate in 1 and 3 minutes, I was never so thankful because they were 400 points less than me 😂

[@harikumars1487]

😂😂😂

[@andrewbennett5911]

Absolutely wonderful - there really is hope for us all 😂

[@Gabriel_JudgeofHell]

My opponent once resigned a Mate in 3 for him

[@guitarman8778]

white queen to g4.protecting against check ( and the queen from being taken). While black may try to deflect with his queen, check mate by white if white on next move white queen to h5? Really great studies and humour, thankyo

[@Crystolotl69]

My mom was calling me

[@stefan_dap415]

when i was 600 i remember i had a position in which i had mate in 1 and i resigned because i thought it was loosing when i analyzed the game i was so sad

[@awang_ir]

Happy Easter to everyone Edited: could we get FIDE world championship tournament recap & analysis by Nelson?

[@НиколайШерстюк-ы7е]

And then he sacrifices THE KNIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@felin23_games]

He has checkmate in 1 no? If he take on h3 with his queen?

[@lammatt]

If he didnt spot the bishop like you, that's still not an easy loss for black anyways...right? just sac the queen for the rook. rook+bishop vs queen is still quite playable with 1min left