I reviewed my classical rated games today and found some interesting stuff.
I have played 2807 rated classical games, of which 61 have ended in stalemate (roughly 2.17% of all of my games). After reviewing the positions, it appears that 54 of those were when I played on after resignable positions (i.e. I swung a loss into a draw by stalemate).
The overall value of all my stalemates was a net of 84 lichess ratings points.
Assuming an average loss of 10 points per loss (my average opponent is about 1650, and over my playing life I assume 10 points is a decent guess), is it safe to assume that my "real" lichess rating relative to players that almost always resign in lost positions is not 1733 but 1107? It amazes me that I maintain my rating in large part because I play on when others would resign.
As a side note-I encourage fellow patzers to play on and make use of every resource on the board. I have stalemated many 1800 players (lichess rating) and a 1900 and 2000 player.
I agree with any of you who suggest that playing on for an unlikely draw seems grinding and pathetic, but I hate losing and based on my stats, I can count on turning about 1 out of every 50 losses into a draw by stalemate alone (I might go through to find perpetuals and three-folds that were in "lost" positions).
Interested to hear from those of you who think I am crazy and those of you who play on.
I have played 2807 rated classical games, of which 61 have ended in stalemate (roughly 2.17% of all of my games). After reviewing the positions, it appears that 54 of those were when I played on after resignable positions (i.e. I swung a loss into a draw by stalemate).
The overall value of all my stalemates was a net of 84 lichess ratings points.
Assuming an average loss of 10 points per loss (my average opponent is about 1650, and over my playing life I assume 10 points is a decent guess), is it safe to assume that my "real" lichess rating relative to players that almost always resign in lost positions is not 1733 but 1107? It amazes me that I maintain my rating in large part because I play on when others would resign.
As a side note-I encourage fellow patzers to play on and make use of every resource on the board. I have stalemated many 1800 players (lichess rating) and a 1900 and 2000 player.
I agree with any of you who suggest that playing on for an unlikely draw seems grinding and pathetic, but I hate losing and based on my stats, I can count on turning about 1 out of every 50 losses into a draw by stalemate alone (I might go through to find perpetuals and three-folds that were in "lost" positions).
Interested to hear from those of you who think I am crazy and those of you who play on.