{"id":3987,"date":"2024-07-31T17:26:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T17:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/?p=3987"},"modified":"2024-07-31T17:28:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T17:28:46","slug":"book-review-oops-i-resigned-one-more-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/book-review-oops-i-resigned-one-more-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Oops! I Resigned One More Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Review: Oops! I Resigned One More Time<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cNo one ever won a game by resigning.\u201d \u2013 <\/em>Savielly Tartakower.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Hollywood loves a sequel. If a movie does well at the box office, you can be sure that a sequel is on the cards. Of course, sometimes Hollywood goes too far. The inspiration well runs dry, the sequels degenerate into a pale imitation of the original and the revenue slumps. It\u2019s then time to pull the plug and move on to something new and start the process again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, if Hollywood can have sequels, why not chess books? GM Ian Rogers wrote a very entertaining book in 2022 called Oops! I Resigned Again<\/em><\/a>. The book was well-received, so why not a sequel? Now we have Oops! I Resigned One More Time<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rogers writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen the first book in this series, Oops! I Resigned Again!<\/em>, was released, I expected most readers to look on all the silly resignations with scorn, thinking, \u201cWell, I would never do anything like that!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surprisingly, to me at least, instead of lashings of schadenfreude came empathy. Putting themselves in the victims\u2019 shoes, many reacted as if \u201cThere but for the grace of God go I\u201d and were simply relieved that similar accidents had not befallen them in their chess career. (\u201cI could easily imagine resigning a few of these games myself,\u201d commented English Grandmaster Matthew Sadler.)\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oops! I Resigned One More Time<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Author: GM Ian Rogers <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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Reader who enjoyed the original book will enjoy the new book. The format remains the same, and so readers can indulge in another round of schadenfreude at the expense of the poor victims.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I discussed the style and layout of the original book in my review<\/a>, and that review equally applies to the new book. For this book, the material is split over 20 themed chapters, and each example provides some background to the game. Rather than repeating the original review almost verbatim, let\u2019s look at two examples from the book, with annotations from the book.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rogers introduces the first example as follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the final round 59-year-old Upton, in what was to be his final tournament game, had been slowly outplayed and after his opponent\u2019s stylish final move, 36…Rxd4, he could see it was pointless to play on and resigned. However, Black\u2019s last move gives White an unexpected opportunity to turn the tables.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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