Draw by Insufficient Material

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Avatar of Heisenberg47

There are not enough pieces on the board to force a checkmate (example: a king and a bishop vs. a king)
Maybe site should give automatic draw not waiting the end o of the game?  

Avatar of Martin_Stahl

I'm not 100% positive but I thought they already do that.

Avatar of Heisenberg47

Only when two Kings in the ring...you can play if you have more pieces...but draw in the end

Avatar of u0110001101101000

The website (and all websites I know of) counts it as a draw even if you run out of time e.g. you're the long king vs a king and bishop and you run out of time.

Avatar of Martin_Stahl
0110001101101000 wrote:

The website (and all websites I know of) counts it as a draw even if you run out of time e.g. you're the long king vs a king and bishop and you run out of time.

 

I believe he is asking that the game end immediately when insufficient material is on the board. I don't have an example of such a position in my games but I thought they already do this and don't force players to wait for a timeout.

Avatar of Raspberry_Yoghurt

I have tried that, that the game just ends BAM insifficuent material.

For instance, if its white king vs black king and a blavk something, and then the white king takes the black something, it's just BAM game over buddy, insufficient material.

Avatar of Martin_Stahl

Yeah, bare kings ends immediately. The OP suggestion is it should end as soon as it is something like a bare king vs a king and bishop, which I thought it did.

Avatar of josiahdonovan
I can confirm that, according to my single experience with this situation (King vs King & minor piece), the clock is allowed to run to completion, whereupon Draw by Insufficient Material is awarded. This occurred several months ago, so there is a possibility they have changed the system since that time.
Avatar of Heisenberg47

thank you guys for the comments. I was wondering why sometimes someone who lost his time didn't lost the game..but was draw. I saw it few times...Maybe wouldn't be fair that king wons vs king and queen, rook, pawns...he can't give a mate...And, conclusion is draw by insf., mat. I saw this situation few times. I am looking to have some game soon in this particular situations ( only bishop vs king, king vs lots of material...) Good luck to all.

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