Because when white ran out of time, black had insufficient material to checkmate. The rule is thats a draw.
why is that a draw ?
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Oct 19, 2020
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I am not sure to comprehend the logic behind this rule. As a complete noob I had a feeling of unfairness.
Oct 19, 2020
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#4
The logic behind the rule is neither player can win the game, so it’s a draw. You cannot checkmate your opponent with a lone King, and they cannot checkmate you with no time left on their clock.
chess rules for my house in the good ol' USA, you win when you have a king and another piece vs another king, regardless of how long it takes. however the lack of more use with the rook is unclear.
Oct 26, 2020
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Black had insufficient materials to checkmate. So, it was impossible for black to win this if white had time. That is why it’s counted as a draw. It's only fair.
Oct 26, 2020
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#8
An old rule that most players would never have to worry about... Of course watching the lack of skill of both players.. Im not suprised that it happened....
Oct 26, 2020
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#9
Flagging your opponent won't help if you do not have sufficient material yourself....
Oct 26, 2020
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#10
Anonymous_Dragon wrote:
Flagging your opponent won't help if you do not have sufficient material yourself....
It does help. It salvages a draw out of a lost position.
Oct 26, 2020
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blueemu wrote:
Anonymous_Dragon wrote:
Flagging your opponent won't help if you do not have sufficient material yourself....
It does help. It salvages a draw out of a lost position.
Yeah...I meant it won't help you win...
Oct 26, 2020
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vdegenne wrote:
I am not sure to comprehend the logic behind this rule. As a complete noob I had a feeling of unfairness.
Because if you and your opponent had infinite time , you could not win by checkmate no matter what, you don't have enough material left to actually win.
Watching the last few move of the game: you seem to have no idea of how to mate with a rook. It takes no more than 5-10 minutes to learn this, I think you should.
Oct 27, 2020
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cerebov wrote:
Watching the last few move of the game: you seem to have no idea of how to mate with a rook. It takes no more than 5-10 minutes to learn this, I think you should.
What do you mean ? I have no rooks left at the end of the game
So you won on time, but you had insufficient material to checkmate, chess.com takes that as a draw.
Benred wrote:
chess rules for my house in the good ol' USA, you win when you have a king and another piece vs another king, regardless of how long it takes. however the lack of more use with the rook is unclear.
Except king + any piece vs a king is not always checkmate even with infinite time.
cerebov wrote:
Watching the last few move of the game: you seem to have no idea of how to mate with a rook. It takes no more than 5-10 minutes to learn this, I think you should.
He was the one with the time, not the rook.
Hello could someone tell me why this game is a draw when I obviously won by far on the timer ?
https://www.chess.com/a/M32RqnLNEz2J
I don't understand.
Thanks