Help with this particular match...

Hi, this one online match is repeating forever and getting nowhere.  

Would anyone like to help me with this match?

Also I don't want to "cheat" but I'm not sure exactly what that would mean for online chess.  One thing for sure, the match is going nowhere as it is.  

 http://www.chess.com/echess/game?id=79718840

Thanks for any responses,

Chess Bloodbath

Why don't you just ask for a draw ?

I guess it's not drawn because he keeps making check over and over...  Does that make sense?

And if people think it's not right to help, well fine.  Like I said, I'm not exactly sure what is appropriate but my opponent seems content to repeat the match forever, and I don't see what I should do... 

Maybe I should, though I am one point ahead...

Also are you guys looking at the match itself?  It's a very strange, unique repeating pattern that we're stuck in, which is one reason I posted...

Yeah, there should be a "Offer draw" or "Claim draw" button.

^Ha I know HOW to offer a draw...  It's just not my first instinct when I'm stuck but one point ahead.  :D

Also the opponent is a much higher-rated friend, which is another reason I'd prefer a win rather than a draw, especially when I'm slightly ahead as it is...

Another reason I posted is because in past games when this guy repeats like this, if I break the pattern, he usually destroys me right away lol.  I think I must be in such a situation right now...

Oh I see, you're trying to win the position.  But if you're trying to get outside help for your game, that'd be considered cheating :(  You gotta wait until the game is over to discuss it, unfortunately.

Regardless, rook endgames like this are known to be extremely drawish (even being a pawn ahead), and drawing against a higher rated opponent is nothing to be ashamed of.  If you truly feel that the game is going nowhere, you should take the draw.

OK thanks guys.  I learned from the above post that a match must be finished before discussing it.  OK so be it.  :)

Also this thread did help me realize that I should offer a draw and be done with it.   

There was a funny resolution to this match just now.  I went to the usual spot to OFFER DRAW but instead it said CLAIM DRAW.  Clicked it and it was instantly drawn due to repetition.  (I thought such a draw would have been automatic from the website, if at all.)  I guess the funny part is that I didn't expect it to be instant nor did I expect it to say "due to repetition."

 

^Lol.  I was wondering why it wasn't drawn already for weeks and weeks.  Because I thought the website would do that automatically (draws from repetition).  

Just now I meant to OFFER a draw.  Didn't know it was going to be an instant draw from repetition as soon as I clicked.  lol 

According to fide repetition isn't automatically a draw, it has to be claimed by one of the players.

Second thing is rhat you can't ask for help with ongoing games, be careful with that

Yeah now I know not to ask for help with ongoing games.  I hadn't used or read the forums previously.  Wasn't trying to "cheat" and I said so in the first post.  :)

This thread did help me clear up the whole issue of the draw from repetition -- it's not automatic and needs to be claimed by one of the players.  So that's why this match dragged on for 7 weeks and 219 moves.  lol

Great lol