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krazykat1975

The last game I played should have been my opponents win. Opponent was down to just their king, I was down to a king and two pawns, one of which was on its way to a promotion, but....I ran out of time, and the game was decided as a draw, due to insufficient material. How is that insufficient material when I had two pawns on the board, one of which was about to become a queen? Can anyone explain how this game was decided as a draw?

aurophoe

I think because your opponent had insufficient material

krazykat1975

And I see that. Regardless, shouldn't they have beat me on time? 

AtaChess68
Yup. You ran out of time so it would be a loss normally. But your opponent doesn’t have the material to checkmate you. So it’s a draw.
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AtaChess68 wrote:
Yup. You ran out of time so it would be a loss normally. But your opponent doesn’t have the material to checkmate you. So it’s a draw.

yup this is the proper explaination 

blueemu

Your opponent couldn't win because they had no pieces left.

You couldn't win because you had no time left to move your pieces.

So; Draw.

Strangemover

A member for over 5 years, over 20,000 games and you didn't know this? 

chamo2074
Why_Do_You_Exist a écrit :

learn the rules of chess before joining a chess website...

not necessarily

chamo2074

he deleted his message