piano dropped from a great height

The game's slowed down a lot since move 9 while white *formulates a plan*, and am wondering what the drawing resource is for white (don't help me - the game's still going on )

I would if I was white, but each to their own.

Attitudes towards resigning vary a lot on this site - there's quite a spectrum of opinion. Starting from the most understandable and going to the ones that cause most angst on the forums at chess.com:

1. Can't Resign Beginners won't resign - they don't understand that certain positions are lost.

2. Can Resign, Want to Learn Advanced beginners are curious about how an opponent will convert a material advantage into a win. They don't resign because they want to learn from their opponents technique. A form of flattery really, shouldn't get to upset. Maybe asking an opponent first would be more polite.

3. Resigning is Dishonourable Some people consider resigning a game to be somehow a 'dishonorable' thing to do and so will always keep playing. I used to fall into this category when I first started playing here.

4.There Might Be a Draw For others, it's the possibility of an endgame draw somewhere down the line. I'm guilty of this one - I resign in middlegame if the position is hopeless, but if my opponent is only a piece up without an imminent attack and I can foresee a drawable endgame if the opponent makes some minor blunders, I'll probably continue, and try and force a draw. Remember, a king-knight v lone king in an endgame is a draw. Forced stalemates are also possible. The player's rating will also come into it, as will whether they are on my friends list or not.

5. My opponent might cock up I guess for some people, it's better not to 'be beaten' through resigning and there is a chance, however small, of the opponent cocking things up. They would rather see things through to checkmate, especially if they've never played the opponent before and can't be sure they won't mess up/know how to checkmate).

6. I am never beaten, I will try every trick in the book to avoid losing For the last category of players, it's about avoiding 'being beaten' at all costs. If in a hopeless position, move with 1 minute left on the timeclock, frustrate the opponent into an error or a loss on time. Go on vacation a while. Trash talk on instant messaging- goad them into an error. And when checkmate is imminent, just let the time run out. For some on this site, that isn't being beaten - they lost through forgetfulness, that is all. They're still the best.

I can understand all but the last category of players, and am lucky enough to only come across them in about 10% of games I play. And when I do, I never play them again.

On an unrelated point, my opponent in this game has lost 50% of their games through time running out when their opponent had checkmate in about one move and 10-15 moves after the 'resigners' among us would have conceded. I'll leave you to decide which type of player they are.

I don't think you need help with this game buddy.

Nice job, white can obviously resign here.

he still had a good game after i blundered by ignoring the exchange first time, but made a couple more poor moves to save my error.

 the games still going on (despite me, in 2 moves, being a queen, 2 rooks and 3 pawns up), and looking at some of my opponents previous games, I can expect it to continue at least until mid-March, as no mates in less than 13.

move after 3 days are almost up, let time run out when checkmate next move. over half his losses are on time, after persisting in hopeless positions and moving on the time clock, then letting time run out in this way. I don't understand it - if he resigned now he's lose less points, as my rating is only going to go down. don't think i'll play him again...