how does the unsufficient mating material rule work

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xxdragonxxyz

what if one side is about to perform a smothered mate with only king and knight ,but before that the other sides time run out.normally it is a draw cause unsufficient material ,but here the side can mate cause of other pieces blocking the enemy king.So when exactly does timeout vs unsufficient material draw occur?

Lagomorph

Under FIDE rules it would be a win for the side with K+N because if play continued a mate would have been possible.

Under USCF rules a helpmate situation is not allowed to be considered, so if the side who timed out could have played a move which would have defeated the "smother" it would be a draw. If not, I think it would also be a win for the K+N.

This site uses a simple piece count to determine. So K+N is always a draw on timeout.