because technically you could have been mated. so, it is a lose on time if your opponent could mate you with any sequence of legal moves. white king on h8, pawn where it is. black king on f8 or f7 and the black knight on g6 or f7 would be mate.
how is this game not a draw
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Oct 27, 2010
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#4
White still has a pawn on the board, though. You would need to have black capture the pawn or draw by repitition/move limit.
Oct 27, 2010
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#5
you can if there are other pieces on the board. i just gave you a legal mate with a king and knight. K v. K and N can't mate.
maixx wrote:
but u cant mate with knight and queen only its on chess rules
So I challenge you to a game, you keep a knight and I keep a queen, and you think I can't mate you?
Oct 27, 2010
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Hypocrism wrote:
maixx wrote:
but u cant mate with knight and queen only its on chess rules
So I challenge you to a game, you keep a knight and I keep a queen, and you think I can't mate you?
pretty sure the intention was knight and king, not knight and queen.
Oct 27, 2010
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#9
As PrawnEatsPrawn has shown, a mate is possible from the position. Thus, it is a draw. It doesn't matter that White had to step into it to make it happen, all that counts is whether or not a mate is possible.
Oct 27, 2010
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#11
by chess rules its draw if opponent hasn't enough material to mate(knight, 2 knights or bishop)
Oct 27, 2010
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#12
Player A runs out of time.
Can player B, by any legal sequence of moves, checkmate player A?
Yes - Player B wins on time.
No - Draw.
Oct 27, 2010
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#13
maixx wrote:
by chess rules its draw if opponent has enough material to mate(knight, 2 knights or bishop)
wow, if it is a draw while the player has enough material to mate, would anyone ever lose? oh look, mate in three, well, i need to use my remaining 45 minutes to really think this through. oh, ran out of time...i guess it is a draw.
It can't be an automatic draw because of the pawn. Black could slip up and white could promote the pawn to a queen. It only becomes a draw when there is no possibility of another result other than a draw.
Notice that N vs. Q can never mate but here is one with the R
Oct 27, 2010
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#16
didn't know that if i have a pawn there is no draw. don't know who would take a rook or bishop instead of queen thou in this position or who would play to get mated even with rook, but i ques chess rules think we are retards :D and to be honest i cant queen in this position.
Oct 27, 2010
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#17
yeah, it's one of those things. if there is a possible mate, no matter how dumb one has to play, then it is a loss on time.
http://www.chess.com/livechess/game.html?id=62154281
Opponent has only knight and king should be automatic draw