Low elo resignation etiquette

Hi, I'm going to be playing in my first over the board tournament in a week. I've only ever played online. I'm expecting to get thrashed by my opponents and was wondering what the etiquette is for resignation.

Is it rude of me to force the player to convert the their advantage to a checkmate? From my PoV it's still instructional to see how to convert the advantage to a win, but I can understand my opponents being annoyed.

Thanks for your thoughts!

@MuaddibX never resign. I’ve drawn/won way too many lost games. It’s never over untill it’s over.

Not rude, in my opinion, provided that you play reasonably quickly once your position is hopeless so you don't waste your opponent's time.

The worst thing you can do is resign too early when there are still possible chances of a miracle. I'm guilty of that too often.

I recently played in an OTB tourney, one of my opponents played for around 25 moves with just a king, absolutely dead lost. I had a lot of time on the clock, no chance of flagging.

Although I don't view this as bad sportsmanship, if you have no chance of winning, then it's not worth making a "good" opponent get checkmate.

This is only above a certain level of mastery though, because the "not as good" players always have more of a chance of stalemating.

Honestly, if you don't think you can win a game (or at the very least draw), then just resign. Save your strength for a game you can win.

at your rating dont resign

@MuaddibX said in #1:
> Hi, I'm going to be playing in my first over the board tournament in a week. I've only ever played online. I'm expecting to get thrashed by my opponents and was wondering what the etiquette is for resignation.
>
> Is it rude of me to force the player to convert the their advantage to a checkmate? From my PoV it's still instructional to see how to convert the advantage to a win, but I can understand my opponents being annoyed.
>
> Thanks for your thoughts!

dont resign at all, at your level you can win many lost games, :)

Never resign:

@MuaddibX said in #1:
> Hi, I'm going to be playing in my first over the board tournament in a week. I've only ever played online. I'm expecting to get thrashed by my opponents and was wondering what the etiquette is for resignation.

Well for one and sorry if this seems rude but you're going into the tournament with completely wrong mindset. Your letting your opponent beat you in the tunnel like Man Utd playing Accrington Stanley you're going in with the mindset you're going to lose, go in with the mindset at least you'll play your best and give them a damn good game and ask them some questions about their play C'mon don't be so defeatist. Play to destroy them with your brilliant style of play , really man come on don't lose before you've made first move xxx

Don't resign too early.

If your opponent is of similar level, they sure are allowed to make mistakes, too!

If your opponent is much stronger, they should find a quick win, which you may learn from.

If your opponent is reasonably high rated and your position is completely hopeless, resign.

Finding the right moment to resign is very difficult and non-trivial. If in doubt, play on.

There was this blog post recently about when to resign, which was quite good and deep:
lichess.org/@/RyanVelez/blog/resigning-strategy/fpJulYWA