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Avatar of PedroKarlovac

I often won the game on time, but the chess App gives me a draw, it makes me angry.

Avatar of ThrillerFan

You probably did not win. To win, you need sufficient mating material. If you are down to say, just a king, and you opponent's flag falls, it is only a draw. To get a win, you need to have sufficient mating material. A pawn is sufficient as a pawn can become a queen or room and Rook plus king is mating material. You opponent can have 3 queens, 2 rooks, and 4 pawns. Does not matter. If you have sufficient mating material, no matter how wretched the position, you get a win if he flags, but if you don't, it is only a draw.

Tough luck - it's the rules - no sympathy!

Avatar of Diakonia

If this is the game you are referring to.  You only had a King, and that is insufficient material to win.  Doesnt matter if your opponent ran out of time, you can't win.

Avatar of PedroKarlovac

ThrillerFan wrote:

You probably did not win. To win, you need sufficient mating material. If you are down to say, just a king, and you opponent's flag falls, it is only a draw. To get a win, you need to have sufficient mating material. A pawn is sufficient as a pawn can become a queen or room and Rook plus king is mating material. You opponent can have 3 queens, 2 rooks, and 4 pawns. Does not matter. If you have sufficient mating material, no matter how wretched the position, you get a win if he flags, but if you don't, it is only a draw.

Tough luck - it's the rules - no sympathy!

Thanks.

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Diakonia wrote:

If this is the game you are referring to.  You only had a King, and that is insufficient material to win.  Doesnt matter if your opponent ran out of time, you can't win.

Thanks.

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