Sore loser

Check out the game between me and Dude25. Dude25 was facing an obvious game loss and instead of resigning, Dude25 allowed the time to run out for almost 10 minutes.

NatureSongbook,

It's best not to call out players by name for perceived transgressions - we can never really know what's going on at the other end of the connection; but ...

There are a couple of strategic remedies for dealing with those that do stall or disconnect deliberately:

a) chess.com has a Fair Play Policy which will deal with persistent offenders, 

b) with a premium membership, you can start another game whilst you wait on this one, and

c) avoid long standard games (this was not one) with players you don't know and can't necessarily trust to end a game properly.

Here's hoping you won't see this too often.

Just to play devil's advocate:

I know it is bad sportsmanship to let the time run out if you are clearly beaten...

But man, if you have a win wrapped up, and you are only waiting on the time to run out, can't you just be patient and let the time run out?  I mean, you have the win in hand.  Go onto yahoo.com and read a news article or something while you wait.  Just be happy that a.) you're getting a win and b.) you don't ever have to play that sore loser again

It may be poor sportsmanship, but they're still within their rights to let the time run down before making a move.  I do understand that a lot of people do this hoping you'll think they disconnected and will disconnect first, or then they make a move right before their time runs out hoping that you will have left the computer and your time will run out.  I've seen this complaint often and I've even seen it happen when a friend was playing.  I guess the only answer is to stay focused on the game until time runs down.  If you commit to playing a 10 minute game, expect to be tied up for 20 minutes.

Good points by DrawMaster. And yeah, anything could have happened. Your opponent might have been called away or something urgent came up, although what you said is regrettabley more likely. At least he didn't try to make a move at the very end when you may have lost interest and walked away, and he/she claimed the victory.