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Sure. See Wiki: Resignation in won positions. Some examples:
Ignatz von Popiel vs. Georg Marco 1902
Gyorgy Negyesy vs. Karoly Honfi 1955
Raul Sanguineti vs. Miguel Najdorf
Victor Korchnoi vs. Geert van der Stricht
Even Karsten Müller in h endgame series talks about how GMs (or at least pros) have resigned in drawish(/winning?) positions.
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Similar things have happened, but it's not because one player misevaluated the position.
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Having beaten down the desperate resistance of the opponent, [GM David Navara] achieved the position where either mate or the loss of the rook was inevitable and at that moment he offered a draw. The situation was clarified by both Grandmasters.
David Navara: – ...
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Some quick Googling suggests that the rules (or at least some sets of rules) do allow you to refuse a resignation from your opponent
This does not reflect the FIDE Laws of Chess. According to Article 5.1.2:
5.1.2 The game is won by the player whose opponent declares he resigns. This immediately ends the game.
This means that no player, GM or otherwise, is ...
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The official source that people link to when this question comes up is Tim Krabbe's excellent blog post from more than 20 years ago now: The ultimate blunder. He collected every single game in the database (pre 1999) where someone resigned in a winning position and explained the possible reasons behind the resignation for each game as well.
Some very famous ...
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