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Hello! Advise me please, what is current rule for the situation when a player is ran out of time, but had a really big advantage at that moment? Basically it was almost checkmate in the second when time ended. Should it be a draw considering a huge advantage? Or this the player lost the game anyway? I couldn't find it in the FIDE rules. I would be greatful for you help, especially if you can tell where exactly in FIDE rules placed this information.
It’s important at times like this to grasp the board with both hands and to bludgeon your opponent with it. Under no circumstances should you take any responsibility for your failings to make the moves in time
Jul 21, 2020
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meaGianna wrote:
Hello! Advise me please, what is current rule for the situation when a player is ran out of time, but had a really big advantage at that moment? Basically it was almost checkmate in the second when time ended. Should it be a draw considering a huge advantage? Or this the player lost the game anyway? I couldn't find it in the FIDE rules. I would be greatful for you help, especially if you can tell where exactly in FIDE rules placed this information.
The rule for FIDE is that the side with no time loses the game if the other side can achieve checkmate by any series of legal moves.
Regulation 6.9
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Yes, I played in chess.com, and I actually mate the opponent at the very same moment when my time run out. So I move my rook to the position that delivers mate, but next I hear is sad sound and see that I lost the game.
I remember in the local turnament in similar situation a referee said it was a draw, coz of huge advantage of the player who's time ended.
Martin_Stahl, so what if both sides take over pieces, and in the same moment, when one of oppents runs out of time?
oh, I pressed something, and it sent my unfinished comment. So both of the sides take over pieces, and in the moment, when only two kids are left, one opponent runs out of time, so what then? Coz another one can not chackemete by any series of legal moves. Has it be a draw or one loses?
If you are in the middle of making a move when your clock runs out, that move doesn’t count. If your clock runs out of time, it doesn’t matter how big of an advantage you have. You lose if your opponent could possibly mate you. If you had a queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, eight pawns, mate in one, and all your opponent had was one bishop, if you ran out of time you would still lose because technically your opponent could checkmate you.