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Any of my replies to Mahlakov would serve no good, and would likely be deleted, so allow me to say....I expect this type of post from him. He's a very interesting (?) person... I have read his posts here. And I like it. Colourful people makes life more fun. Would be boring if everyone always walked...

Rather I did conclude that players who refuse to resign lost position should continue to play. I of course agree with you there. Your example on players leaving OTB-tournaments is really extreme.. At least here you just don't get the game up on your list, so you can forget about it and the win come...

I think maybe this issue comes up most often when there is big difference between the rating of the 2 players. In a game where both players have a very high rating, they are capable of evaluating the strength of the opponent, and how the game will continue. So if one of them is in a relatively bad p...