7. you release my self
1000 reasons you lost on time
13. You decided to play the Botvinnik Semi-Slav in a Classical game and spent your whole 50 minutes trying to calculate one candidate move in the position

15. You drank a whole glass of water, then realised you need to go...
16. You are cheating, but ur computer analysis takes too long

18. You grabbed the decisive advantage in the opening and trying to convert the position to the victory but your opponent is shuffling their pieces and wins because shuffling takes less time than conversion.

28. Had to pee
29. Got lost in the beauty of the position
30. Your mother calls, and if you don't pick up she'll guilt trip you for weeks.
31. Mosquito bite
32. Zombie Apocalypse

35. your baby brother spills all of your coffee on your computer and your computer dies (this happened to me)
36. you dont know time controls so you lose on time
37. you are a total NOOB
38. you lose on time on PURPOSE (i think this goes against the community policies though)
39. your internet is trash
40. your computer injects a virus into the computer itself
41. you have a virus in pc
44: you were watching youtube because your opponent took so long and didn't realize it was your turn
45: you were watching twitter because your opponent took so long and didn't realize it was your turn
46: you were watching Instagram because your opponent took so long and didn't realize it was your turn
47: you were watching TikTok because your opponent took so long and didn't realize it was your turn
48: you were watching memes because your opponent took so long and didn't realize it was your turn
1. you think your playing 1 hour chess, but it is bullet and you lose.
2. Your mom calls you for dinner
plz continue!!!