Why do people resign after they lose their Queen???

Yeah for learning it is fine. However chance of winning is very little.

Losing the queen is fatal it's a waste of time to keep playing. 

I  have dropped my queen early on and gone on to win a few dozen times but it was because I was playing a moron. 

It is a significant material loss and depending on the position and strength of your opponent, it just reflects bitterness and immaturity.  Sacrificing the queen or exchanging for multiple minor pieces is more in line with how to play the game well and expertly.

Resigning after losing the Queen is understandable. However, some players automatically resign after losing the Queen, and this can be a bad thing.

Some players completely miss a tactic or combination that can either win back the Queen or win a large amount of material that almost compensates for the loss of the Queen.

Other players don't realize that their piece activity or attack may make the loss of the Queen unimportant, at least for a few moves.

Several years ago, I played in an OTB tournament. In one game, I hung my Queen. Disappointed, I played one more move to attack my opponent's Queen, fully intending to resign once he saw the attack and evaded his Queen. But my opponent didn't move his Queen! He had relaxed and let down his guard, too busy analyzing to see the obvious attack on his Queen. I took the Queen back and went on to win the game.

I resign sometimes when i lose my queen. And I don't mind if they do either. What upsets me is when players just leave with out resigning. 

There is a pretty easy solution.  Play an opening where your opponent won't resign if they lose their queen.  Regardless of what black replies, I recommend:

1. e4 ...
2. Qf3 ...
3. Qxf7 or on f6 if there is a knight on it.

This should work as black in reverse just as well.

Should solve your problems.

Be seeing you.

I don't know.. I think its out of courtesy. All things being even on the board minus the queen means its only a matter of time before the person without the queen loses. In a tight game, I don't mind a person resigning after the queen is captured, but if the person makes a mistake and loses their queen and then resigns it can get annoying. On the other hand, there have been times where I've made the mistake of losing my queen but stuck with the match and ended up winning because the other player is too concentrated on the queen. I guess the point of the game is checkmate, so I like to stick it out til the end regardless of the status of the queens unless its close... then i'll resign if my queen is lost. Most of the time though.. the queen is lost unintentionally. I doubt anyone wants to lose their queen and rarely does the game come down to a decision to lose the queen. I guess it just depends on the game.. but definitely some people resign out of courtesy.  

These players who resign after losing the Queen can not be true chess player in my opinion. Learn from mistakes!! So hopefully it doesn't happen again. Learn to win without her. What if a player loses the Queen and it was actually the BEST MOVE?!?! But just because they lost her they give up. Never give up. Play till the end and learn something from their way of winning and your way of losing.

Well I think resigning is just a good courtesey especially when playing against someone who is good because you are just delaying the inevitable,but that is just my opinion

resigning is humble way of accepting defeat. It's your opponents way of saying "you beat me. fair and square". but resigning after a whole queen down? lol. the position and sttength of my opponent defines when i quit. a queen down is a given. It's not unusual for someone to resign even if there is no clear win. but knowing when you're beaten is a personal thing. offering the resignation shows respect. take a look at some higher rated games. you'll see opponents resigning even when they are material up and without a definate win.sometimes the board just tells you "dude. your time is up"

queen is worth  9 points

This thread should've ended with this post 8 years ago.

Patzer questions are usually the most visited forum topic. People like to prove people wrong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVhXfcNtCpI

My juniors were allowed to resign if they were 4 points down.

I think that's a good approach, Derek. Nobody would resign for losing a knight or a bishop, maybe not even if losing a rook. But losing a queen without compensation is a different story

Whenever someone takes my queen, I immediately run to my kid's room, snag their bat-man mask and put it on then run back to the game and say 

in the best bat-man voice ever and then play to the death 

Because they don't know how to use pawns and other pieces  If they did, queenless would be playable still.  Today I lost my queen by blunder but won the game.