I have a player with a much higher rating in trouble. Just as I'm about to win the disconnect happens. When it finally reconnects my time is almost totally gone. I still have the players on the ropes then another disconnects happens and this time when reconnect happens I'm totally out of time and I lose. Is the other player making this happen on purpose so they don't lose?

unlikely

yeah i was up i think 4 minutes with 5 minutes to go, then my router went on the blink and i couldnt reconnect for about 3 minutes, but the 3 minutes suddenly became 5 minutes subtracted, and i lost on time (where would 2 minutes go).

still it is v. suspicious, as it happened i was winning easily.