Dear friends and chess.com mods,
Recently I had a match where we had a rook and king endgame, having 2 min in y clock I had plentiful time to think... but my opponent had just 20 second... as a result I sacked my rook and went into a king and rook vs king end game... my opponent wasn't successful in checkmating me but the position was completly winning for him... once he ran out of time it shows draw by insufficient material vs timeout ... which makes absolutely no sence.... since my opponent clearly has a full rook...
Some one pls clarify as to why this is the case...
(I know rook vs rook end game without any pawn is a theoretical draw still time plays a key role in chess so running out of time is a clear defeat as you are unable to find good moves in the same place as your opponent)
Your opponent timed out, you didn't have sufficient material to mate, therefore, it was a draw.
Dear friends and chess.com mods,
Recently I had a match where we had a rook and king endgame, having 2 min in y clock I had plentiful time to think... but my opponent had just 20 second... as a result I sacked my rook and went into a king and rook vs king end game... my opponent wasn't successful in checkmating me but the position was completly winning for him... once he ran out of time it shows draw by insufficient material vs timeout ... which makes absolutely no sence.... since my opponent clearly has a full rook...
Some one pls clarify as to why this is the case...
(I know rook vs rook end game without any pawn is a theoretical draw still time plays a key role in chess so running out of time is a clear defeat as you are unable to find good moves in the same place as your opponent)