alt.hn

3/1/2026 at 6:21:24 PM

World Chess Championship matches have not had an on-board checkmate since 1929

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1929

by haunter

3/1/2026 at 6:44:21 PM

The match itself https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1012600

by haunter

3/1/2026 at 7:53:25 PM

> Due to an overwhelming amount of malicious activity, we are no longer allowing VPN, Tor nodes, proxies.

I wonder what kind of malicious activity could be targetting that website?! Run of the mill scans?

by mhitza

3/1/2026 at 8:24:37 PM

The walls have really been closing in recently with lots of sites blocking VPNs now. It's getting pretty annoying. Although it did help me finally quit Reddit - every time I click a Reddit link and that smug fedora-wearing avatar appears on the screen and tells me I've been blocked, I can just close out and do something else rather than getting sucked up into it.

by thegrim33

3/1/2026 at 6:57:06 PM

How would the game change if resignation were banned? (Retaining the special case for looping endings, of course.)

by FrankWilhoit

3/1/2026 at 7:34:37 PM

A player who realized they’ve lost would play a few really bad moves (e.g. giving check by moving their queen next to the enemy king, forcing their opponent to take the queen) and get checkmated in no time.

Their opponent could prolong the game by playing bad moves, too, but why would they? Once their opponent has mentally given up the game, making extra moves isn’t physically or mentally exhausting.

by Someone

3/1/2026 at 7:29:11 PM

It would make the game worse for players and spectators.

What would the supposed benefit be?

BTW the “special case for looping endings” I think you’re talking about is to do with drawing by 3-fold repetition or the 50 move rule.

by seanhunter

3/1/2026 at 7:26:36 PM

It would be more boring to watch at the end, and frustrating for the loser to be forced to play a losing position.

by munchler

3/1/2026 at 6:28:21 PM

Q: Has there been many World Chess Championship matches with premature resignation?

by u1hcw9nx

3/1/2026 at 9:49:39 PM

"Premature" is subjective, especially in high-level play.

by duskwuff