ironically, this sounds like a sore losers thread 
Sore Losers-How To Deal With It.
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Maybe the motivation for running the clock is to alleviate feelings of defeat. 
Like a psychological counter-attack to make up for not having a counter-attack in the game.
:) You Rock. Certainly taught me a lesson, i have played these people so many times i get so frustrated.
Beelzebub666 wrote:
When you say 'giving you the silent treatment', do you mean you were being chatty, say suggesting he resign or similar? If you were it's understandable he would punish you for your own breach of etiquette.
he gave up-waiting till the timmer finished
SkpVwls wrote:
Yeah, I've also played people who stall defeat. At first I found it very annoying, but after a while it sort of just amused me. If the opponent still has at least 10 minutes left and the position on the board isn't complicated enough to require deep thought, then I just go do something else. Like play correspondence chess. Then I check every few minutes to see if my opponent makes a move or runs out of time.
I still remember there was one live chess game where my opponent stalled and I went to play correspondence chess; we both had around 10 minutes left, and it was clear that he would have to sacrifice his queen for a bishop or else be checkmated in one move. After a while he or she made a move, perhaps hoping I would abandon the game and run out of time. I come back to the game to find that my opponent was down to ~4 minutes and I, ~3. "SkpVwls wins by checkmate!", a few seconds later - "[Your opponent] has closed the game window." It seemed like he'd been waiting the whole time, hoping I would time out.
Failure.
haha- s/he got a taste of his own medicine-see if s/he likes it!
e2e4 wrote:
ironically, this sounds like a sore losers thread
im sorry to hear you say things like that, i posted this topic so people can feel better about themselves and to undestand that winning is not everything, this is a community were we can spread ideas and intrests around the world.
F-E wrote:
:) You Rock. Certainly taught me a lesson, i have played these people so many times i get so frustrated.
glad to help
This whole thing relies on etiquette. I played a game last night where Mate was very apparent, but I tried to check the opposing king to see if anything would arise, (I believe you should do this), but don't be rude about what you say if and when you lose. Next, when I saw that I could not do anything further, I resigned, said "GG" and moved on.
Second, the issue with the clock running out doesn't bother me, if they wish to do that, I can do other things.
i dont agree with that at all. he had at least mate in 3 and the opponent had at leat 10-14 pawnmoves so draw was out of the question. they say you should never give up but come on. to claim to be playing for a win here with white is just a bad exuse for sore losers.
tigergutt wrote:
i dont agree with that at all. he had at least mate in 3 and the opponent had at leat 10-14 pawnmoves so draw was out of the question. they say you should never give up but come on. to claim to be playing for a win here with white is just a bad exuse for sore losers.
i forgot to mention this is a comment to the guy saying it was good attitude to let the time go and he would have done the same
Oh, and KingPan, I looked at your game at the first page, very strong game, great bishop forks, etc..
Ah yes,
and in the spirit of Gumpty's remark, I salute the impressive attitude of KingPan!