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chess_pagol

In live chess blitz 3 minutes games whether mine or opponent king becomes alone and either one of us ran out of time, the game is said to be drawn with message that "insufficient material" ! is that a chess rule i don't know?? why should it make a draw when the winner will be the one whose time is not ran out yet.

baddogno

Nope.  It's a draw if there's not enough material left to force mate.  Them's the rules in any chess game, not just chess.com.  Asked and answered many times before:

http://www.chess.com/forum/search?keyword=insufficient+material