I got a message that the game was a Draw (Timeout vs insufficient material) - I dont understand, I had time remaining and 5 pawns, they only had their King remaining. I could hav easily won woth pawn promotion or mating with a pawn triangle - why was it a draw!!!???
Were you the one that ran out of time? It would be a draw then. He has just a king, your clock expires. Draw.
As someone else mentioned, the mechanism here is closest in line to USCF, though not exact as it has no incorporation of forced mate.
See the 2 diagrams below, both with Black to move and Black's clock running out. The first is a win for White in FIDE and USCF, a draw here.
The second, unless USCF fixed the rule, which I doubt, is a Draw in FIDE and a win for White here or USCF.
AS i said, I had time left on clock - they ran out. I had 5 pawns left and a king, they only had a king and were not in check or in stalemate position.
The second one would also be a draw in USCF as long as the TD (arbiter) reads 14D4 and sees that White has no legal moves leading to checkmate. Weaker TDs may not understand that and may have been missing that rule for decades.
14D4. No legal moves leading to checkmate by opponent.
There are no legal moves that could lead to the player being checkmated by the opponent.
PS A flag falling in the following position would be a draw in FIDE and USCF and a loss on chess.com: White Ke1, Pa4, Pd4, Pg4; Black Ke8, Pa5, Pd5, Pg5. Neither king can get past the pawns but Chess.com simply looks to see if the unflagged player's army is enough to helpmate a lone king.