Draw by Insufficient Material

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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?  

Martin_Stahl

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

Heisenberg47

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.
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.