I'm confused on endings!

I had a game where the other player had 3 total pieces left at the end of the game and it was a draw. I then 3 games later had 1 piece left and the other player had 2 pieces left and they won, How is that? I'm confused please explain that to me. Thanks!

If you do not put concrete position your post is absolutely nonsensical.

I tried that link and it goes to a music video. borovicka75 "put concrete position"? Not sure what that means.

Thanks, I'm gonna have to figure that out. I'm not tech savvy at all.

~~ I then 3 games later had 1 piece left and the other player had 2 pieces left and they won~~ If you both had sufficient mating material who ever runs out of time loses and the other wins.

~~I had a game where the other player had 3 total pieces left at the end of the game and it was a draw.~~ / This is most likely due to one of the forms of insufficient mating material, such as KNN vs KQ. KQ times out and should lose so KNN gets a 1/2 win, but since KNN can't win due to lack of sufficient mating material KQ gets a 1/2 win = draw.

It is never about how many pieces there are, it is about having or lack of sufficient mating material.

~~ .......figure that out. I'm not tech savvy at all.~~ You can always open the game and then copy and paste the link here. You can also just type prownnab vs bigD521 on 2/10/25 1/2 1/2

Maybe you repeated moves three times (threefold repetition) or there was 50 moves without a pawn move or capture (50-move rule).

You had a mate in seven and nearly two minutes remaining. You made 26 moves without forcing checkmate and ran out of time. Hence, the game is a draw.

This checkmate is relatively easy to learn and can be accomplished in ten moves at most. Longest distance to checkmate is from this position. Obviously my play is not perfect, as the shortest forced mate I show is 11 moves. Even so, the methods shown could help you.

I like how you counted how many moves were played since it was lone Queen vs King... No need to rub it in

When elementary skills are missing, a player should be told the truth. It was mate in seven. 26 moves later, it was mate in four.

It bugs me that I needed eleven moves, so I played it against Stockfish a couple of times.

Because your opponent is either blundering or you are blundering. You're rated 300.

Thanks ziryab, I really appreciate it!

Hope you find it helpful.

Ziryab figuring out what the question was is almost a superhuman feat.