Spite Checks

Chesscoaching wrote:

Common wisdom states to play for mate, not to wipe an opponent off the board by taking all their pieces.

If you want to make a statement, checkmate them quickly so they have more time before the next round to think about the game.

Spite checks are a show that a mate in 6 is indeed a mate in 6 and not a mate in 3, etc.

No, if my opponents don't want to resign the I make it as difficult as possible for my opponents

Spite checks are great.   We all have emotions.   I rather see a spite check than a spite comment in the chat box.

So, are spite checks useless moves, or do they sometimes salvage otherwise lost games? If it leads to a repetition, stalemate, or some other drawing resource, it is not really a spite check, as I understand the term.

When an author of a book puts a mate in three amidst mate in twos because a useless interposition does not count, is it a math error? A legitimate point of view? A philosophical argument? 

people spite check in hopes of trying to get you to blunder, it's extremely unsportsmanlike and tells a lot about you as a person if you spite check, although I do understand because a lot of people in tournaments, especially the parents of younger players hate them resigning, and always tell them to play until you get checkmated because they think there's always somehow an opportunity to win (which almost never happens)

White seems to be in trouble, but has a few checks.