Glitch?

my oponent ran out of time but instead of a victory for me it was a draw why? http://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=548271648

it's impossible for you to deliver checkmate through any sequence of moves - so according to the rules it's a draw even if your opponent time runs out

he ran out of time

he had material to mate me

i changed the wording :p anyway, he had, you didn't though

Oh, I didn't know that. Thank you. That's dumb.

i'm still learning the rules

i think that it's dumb that people can win on time despite being down a full queen and rook (you'd win if you had even one pawn) - these are the implications of playing no increment games though... and i like them :p

What are no increment games? No clock?

I personaly think he should have lost because he ran out of time. its the other persons responsibility to checkmate me in the aloted time.

But if them are the rules, who am i do disagree. Now I know.

where you don't get extra time for each move. like, in an 1 increment game you'd get 1 extra second after each move.

Oh, I agree, I don't like those types of games ether.

You can gain time if you move fast enough, which I find wierd.