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  <p>I am curious if I can resign immediately on my first move</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>You may but the game will not be rated. Both players must make at least one move for the game to be FIDE rated. If the arbiter thought your action had bad intentions or was in some way malicious they could punish you under article 11.1</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>11.1 The players shall take no action that will bring the game of chess into disrepute.</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>I have never seen this done but about 50 years ago Tony Miles and Stewart Reuben got into trouble for agreeing a draw with no moves made.</p>
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  <p>do I have my right to resign when it's my opponent's turn, or must I resign only when it's my turn?</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>You can resign whenever you want. I have done this in a FIDE rated game when I made a move which was so embarrassingly bad that I didn't want my opponent to reply. That would have made me feel even more foolish. I made the move, pressed the clock, went to write the move down and then realised what I had done and knocked my king down, stopped the clock and held out my hand.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: what was the move?
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Answers.Body: <p>FIDE Handbook's Laws of Chess (Section 5.1.2) states</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>The game is won by the player whose opponent declares he resigns. This immediately ends the game. (<a href="https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/E012018" rel="nofollow noreferrer">source</a>)</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>Players may resign at any time, regardless of whose move it is.</p>
  <p>As an example of an early resignation (move 6), consider <a href="https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1018015" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Zapata-Anand (Biel, 1988)</a>.</p>
  <pre><code>[FEN &quot;&quot;]
  [Event &quot;Biel-B&quot;]
  [Site &quot;Biel SUI&quot;]
  [Date &quot;1988.07.??&quot;]
  [EventDate &quot;?&quot;]
  [Round &quot;9&quot;]
  [Result &quot;1-0&quot;]
  [White &quot;Alonso Zapata&quot;]
  [Black &quot;Viswanathan Anand&quot;]
  [ECO &quot;C42&quot;]
  
  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Bf5?? {This blunder loses a minor piece.} 6.Qe2 1-0
  </code></pre>
  <p>A more recent example of an early resignation (move 10) is <a href="https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2389954" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Dominguez Perez-Moradiabadi</a> (St. Louis, 2022) in the US Championship.</p>
  <pre><code>[FEN &quot;&quot;]
  [Event &quot;U.S. Championship&quot;]
  [Site &quot;Saint Louis USA&quot;]
  [Date &quot;2022.10.12&quot;]
  [EventDate &quot;2022.10.04&quot;]
  [Round &quot;7&quot;]
  [Result &quot;1-0&quot;]
  [White &quot;Dominguez Perez,L&quot;]
  [Black &quot;E Moradiabadi&quot;]
  [ECO &quot;C42&quot;]
  [WhiteElo &quot;2747&quot;]
  [BlackElo &quot;2534&quot;]
  [PlyCount &quot;20&quot;]
  
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Bf5
  8. c4 O-O 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bxe4 1-0
  
  </code></pre>
  
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Answers.Text: Tournaments can add a rule regarding draws because of 9.1.1: "The regulations of an event may specify that players cannot offer or agree to a draw, whether in less than a specified number of moves or at all, without the consent of the arbiter." I'm not aware of any article that allows the same thing for resignations, though.
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Answers.Text: @double-beep I knew they could (& do) add rules on draws.  After further research, I don't think they can rules on resignations either.  I'll edit.
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Answers.Text: There wouldn't be a point in ruling resignations, since the player can't have an advantage of it (except in VERY contrieved settings - I know one was published jocularly, it's connected to "special" prizes). And if a player "throws" for money, that can't be checked anyway. (And noone would be sooo stupid to throw and lampshade it by early resigning...)
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Answers.Text: If anyone is wondering why Anand resigned: White threatens both 7. Nxe4 and 7. d3 to win the knight. Black's only way to defend against both these threats is 6...Qe7, but after 7. Nd5 (threatening Nxe7 and Nxc7+) Black loses a piece anyway.
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Answers.Text: @Allure Nd5 doesn't threaten Nxc7+, but Qe6 would run into it, forcing black's queen off the e-file.
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Body: <p>In chess, does a player have the right to resign within the first ten moves of the game? More specifically, I am curious if I can resign immediately on my first move. Additionally, do I have my right to resign when it's my opponent's turn, or must I resign only when it's my turn? More specifically, I am not talking of casual street chess; I am referring to FIDE tournaments, e.g. official play rules.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: "I am curious if I can resign immediately on my first move"  immediately after your first move?  Now I'm imagining Bobby Fischer playing d4 and then resigning... :-D
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Tags: <rules><tournament><fide><resigning>
Title: Do I have the right to resign on my first move or within 10 moves?
ThreadText: # Do I have the right to resign on my first move or within 10 moves?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-12-22)
  
  In chess, does a player have the right to resign within the first ten moves of the game? More specifically, I am curious if I can resign immediately on my first move. Additionally, do I have my right to resign when it's my opponent's turn, or must I resign only when it's my turn? More specifically, I am not talking of casual street chess; I am referring to FIDE tournaments, e.g. official play rules.
  
  **Tags:** rules, tournament, fide, resigning
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: "I am curious if I can resign immediately on my first move"  immediately after your first move?  Now I'm imagining Bobby Fischer playing d4 and then resigning... :-D  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_4 on 2021-12-22. Score: 22 | Accepted answer
  
  FIDE Handbook's Laws of Chess (Section 5.1.2) states
  
  > The game is won by the player whose opponent declares he resigns. This immediately ends the game. ([source](https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/E012018))
  
  Players may resign at any time, regardless of whose move it is.
  
  As an example of an early resignation (move 6), consider [Zapata-Anand (Biel, 1988)](https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1018015).
  
  ```
  [FEN ""]
  [Event "Biel-B"]
  [Site "Biel SUI"]
  [Date "1988.07.??"]
  [EventDate "?"]
  [Round "9"]
  [Result "1-0"]
  [White "Alonso Zapata"]
  [Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
  [ECO "C42"]
  
  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Bf5?? {This blunder loses a minor piece.} 6.Qe2 1-0
  
  ```
  
  A more recent example of an early resignation (move 10) is [Dominguez Perez-Moradiabadi](https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2389954) (St. Louis, 2022) in the US Championship.
  
  ```
  [FEN ""]
  [Event "U.S. Championship"]
  [Site "Saint Louis USA"]
  [Date "2022.10.12"]
  [EventDate "2022.10.04"]
  [Round "7"]
  [Result "1-0"]
  [White "Dominguez Perez,L"]
  [Black "E Moradiabadi"]
  [ECO "C42"]
  [WhiteElo "2747"]
  [BlackElo "2534"]
  [PlyCount "20"]
  
  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Bf5
  8. c4 O-O 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bxe4 1-0
  
  ```
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_5**: Tournaments can add a rule regarding draws because of 9.1.1: "The regulations of an event may specify that players cannot offer or agree to a draw, whether in less than a specified number of moves or at all, without the consent of the arbiter." I'm not aware of any article that allows the same thing for resignations, though.  
  > **username_4**: @username_5 I knew they could (& do) add rules on draws.  After further research, I don't think they can rules on resignations either.  I'll edit.  
  > **username_6**: There wouldn't be a point in ruling resignations, since the player can't have an advantage of it (except in VERY contrieved settings - I know one was published jocularly, it's connected to "special" prizes). And if a player "throws" for money, that can't be checked anyway. (And noone would be sooo stupid to throw and lampshade it by early resigning...)  
  > **username_7**: If anyone is wondering why Anand resigned: White threatens both 7. Nxe4 and 7. d3 to win the knight. Black's only way to defend against both these threats is 6...Qe7, but after 7. Nd5 (threatening Nxe7 and Nxc7+) Black loses a piece anyway.  
  > **username_8**: @username_7 Nd5 doesn't threaten Nxc7+, but Qe6 would run into it, forcing black's queen off the e-file.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2021-12-22. Score: 22
  
  > I am curious if I can resign immediately on my first move
  
  You may but the game will not be rated. Both players must make at least one move for the game to be FIDE rated. If the arbiter thought your action had bad intentions or was in some way malicious they could punish you under article 11.1
  
  > 11.1 The players shall take no action that will bring the game of chess into disrepute.
  
  I have never seen this done but about 50 years ago Tony Miles and Stewart Reuben got into trouble for agreeing a draw with no moves made.
  
  > do I have my right to resign when it's my opponent's turn, or must I resign only when it's my turn?
  
  You can resign whenever you want. I have done this in a FIDE rated game when I made a move which was so embarrassingly bad that I didn't want my opponent to reply. That would have made me feel even more foolish. I made the move, pressed the clock, went to write the move down and then realised what I had done and knocked my king down, stopped the clock and held out my hand.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_3**: what was the move?  
  
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