A neat little trick you can use against people who won't resign in losing positions

So I've played many rapid games on this website, and throughout my journey I noticed that a lot of the time people will not resign when in completely lost positions for whatever reason. However I have came up with a simple trick you can do against these players that will usually result in them just resigning. Also this is intended for rapid and make sure you have enough time to do this. But what you want to do is, once your position is winning, you just want to leave the chess game and do absolutely nothing for like 2-3 minutes when it is your turn. Just open the forums or get some water or something like that while waiting. Trust me, it will piss them off SO MUCH. It's even better if you do it right after they make the mistake, like if they leave their knight hanging, you just leave and they angrily think to themselves "WHY IS MY OPPONENT NOT MOVING THE KNIGHT IS RIGHT THERE!!!!". Then they will usually just resign out of anger, or the 2-3 minutes will give them the time to realize that they are gonna lose and they will resign. And if they don't resign after like 2 minutes, just make a move and then start taking like 20-30 seconds on each move after that, especially if your next move is obvious. Trust me it will frustrate them so much and most of the time they will just resign

Edit: Also just to clarify some things, this is not intended as stalling. It just gives your opponent a bit of time for their logical reasoning to come back and realize they are lost and resign, it is mutually beneficial. If they want to continue the game, I will continue playing as normal. Also when people stall, they are dead lost and their 100% purpose is to waste your time, while in this you can also think of tactics and moves you can play so it's using your time efficiently

Doing this definitely has saved me so much time and has allowed me to do more meaningful things like play more actual games and analyze, rather than wasting like 5 minutes cleaning up my completely dead opponent

Wait this lowkey sounds genius but I'm pretty sure that's not allowed/encouraged

I don't think it's stalling because you still have a chance of winning, and you are still thinking of the position when you are waiting

Hm, maybe.

Why are you encouraging stalling

It's not stalling, it's just lets your opponent have some time to realize they are lost. Obviously if they are interested in playing on, I will play on as normal

Meh i mean this trick isn't really gonna work differently to other methods if you encounter someone who is really dedicated to wasting your time.

It would take less time to just checkmate them if you really are that far ahead. There is no rule that says an opponent has to resign, and there are some who believe that resigning is in poor form as it denies the winner to play mate on the board. Just play it out as you agreed to when you started the game.

yeah i never resign in otb

mostly not even online

Resigning online is one thing (I rarely do and have lots of reasons for it). Resigning OTB, however, is something entirely different, especially for longer time controls and whatever playing level you're at. If both of you know you're in a lost position and you know your opponent knows how to convert to a win, you should resign, otherwise you're just wasting time and it's not respectful. Knowing when to resign is definitely something that is a skill to master, lol.

@Caleb341 made a really good blog about this, (it looks like it was deleted though...here's the link)

I have it saved to my computer though lol

this is stalling.

I try to use this scenario as an opportunity to hammer the final nail so to speak. Identify a plan to make sure I don't lose my advantage, blunder key pieces or allow my king to get in to trouble and then make moves as fast as possible to deflect the action back to my opponent and gradually break them down. If they go quiet for longer than a minute I'll turn the volume up on whatever device I'm playing on so I can hear the moment they make a move without having to be staring at the board. I use it as an opportunity to make coffee or check the TV guide with an audio cue to be alerted when it's my turn so I can leave the room without wasting precious seconds.

I can see the reasoning behind giving the opponent more time to consider their woeful position but I definitely want them to do it on their time not mine so if they do battle on to the bitter end I should win on time.

@Honchkrow not related, but why is your username Honchkrow and your pfp Litten?

Honchkrow is my favorite pokemon, but there isn't any good fanart of it. Litten is like #3 but there was this really cool fanart of it so I use it now :0

Not if I'm up like a piece or a rook and they still have a few pieces surrounding their king, they can just move them back and forth and defend for a few mins

Yeah I respect it if they don't want to resign, I will play on as normal if they don't want to.

Sure, but I suppose in that situation your opponent may be trying to build a defensive fortress and wants you to prove the win over the draw, which is fair enough. Obviously there will be times where the position is a clear win for you even if it will take some time to get there, but your opponent doesn't know your endgame abilities. Even at your rating there are players who are weakest in that phase of the game and so your opponent may be playing on because they think their defense is easier than the win so they can move faster and if your endgame skills are not your strong point, then you may end up in time trouble. I suppose that's just another version of "prove the win". I know many view playing to flag as dirty play, but it is one of the agreed upon victory conditions when the game starts even if it is frustrating to lose by the clock when in a winning position. Anyway, I guess I just don't have a problem with someone wanting to play the game out, even if they are clearly losing. Probably because I only play against computers online and they never resign. Although, I used to play a weekly match OTB with a buddy, and very few games ended with mate on the board. The one's that did get played to mate were often because the mate was pretty and we let each other play it out. 
Anyway, in your next post you do say you respect it if someone doesn't want to resign, so you may think much of the above as well. It's really just some things to think about for those who think playing on is "bad form" - not everyone thinks the same way and when playing strangers online one has to be prepared for opponents who have a different view on matters like this.

Umm, won't this just give them hopes to hang on and win on time, drawing the game out even more?

Why so eager to frustrate and upset your opponents? Lots of animosity here toward our fellow chess players.

Anywho, if your opponent is losing and is taking a long time, it usually means:

1) They can't find any good moves, and they are calculating different options, trying to find something decent

or

2) They've realized that they are losing, and they are looking back through the moves to see where they might have gone wrong ...