What does insufficient materiel mean?
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I have a question.How come you still have insufficicent if you really have a queen??
Can you post the game?
I do not have the game,but why?
Mar 4, 2017
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Your question is not clear. Either you're referring to a forced online draw, which involves a special rule whereby material is not necessarily relevant, or you're referring to a theoretical endgame, which could mean either one queen on the board, or a queen + other pieces. You didn't provide enough information for anyone to understand your meaning unambiguously.
Morphysrevenges wrote:
He is talking about a draw by insufficient mating material.
For example, if you have a King and Knight against King, the player with the King can claim a draw by insufficient mating material.
I am trusting this is not a troll thread.
He says he still had a queen, so that's not what he's talking about. I think he's referring to the other type of draw by insufficient material.
probably run out of time but the oponent didn't have any material. such situation is a designated as a draw.
No,i'm talking about when you have two pieces and your opponent's time runs out and why do they have to say that??
Depends on which two pieces you have. Mate with two knights is not possible unless the king's path is obstructed by a pawn, but mate with two bishops is doable. I'm not sure about having one knight and one bishop but I think mate is possible in certain situations.
No.
For example: If you want to kill someone with a gun but you have no gun. Then there is insufficient material todo what you want to achieve.
In chess its the same, only the material and the objective differs.
Mar 4, 2017
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Erdal87 wrote:
probably run out of time but the oponent didn't have any material. such situation is a designated as a draw.
Yes, just happened to me last week. It was frustrating because I was one move away from mate.
LouStule wrote:
Erdal87 wrote:
probably run out of time but the oponent didn't have any material. such situation is a designated as a draw.
Yes, just happened to me last week. It was frustrating because I was one move away from mate.
At least that's better than getting disconnected by the server in this position (with a minute left on your clock):
https://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=1966978809
CookedQueen wrote:
For example: If you want to kill someone with a gun but you have no gun. Then there is insufficient material todo what you want to achieve.
In chess its the same, only the material and the objective differs.
Thanks everyone who posted!It was really helpful!
macer75 wrote:
LouStule wrote:
Erdal87 wrote:
probably run out of time but the oponent didn't have any material. such situation is a designated as a draw.
Yes, just happened to me last week. It was frustrating because I was one move away from mate.
At least that's better than getting disconnected by the server in this position (with a minute left on your clock):
Ouch!
The reasoning behind this rule is that the player with insufficient material cannot win no matter how much time is left on the clock. And if the player who ran out of time had insufficient material then the game would immediately be drawn. There fore it doesn't make sense to punish one player for having more material; you can imagine that when time runs out the player's material vanishes, and if you have a drawn situation then the outcome is a draw.
DonThe2nd wrote:
The reasoning behind this rule is that the player with insufficient material cannot win no matter how much time is left on the clock. And if the player who ran out of time had insufficient material then the game would immediately be drawn. There fore it doesn't make sense to punish one player for having more material; you can imagine that when time runs out the player's material vanishes, and if you have a drawn situation then the outcome is a draw.
Well, that makes sense! And what exactly is the reason behind that rule, Dude?
Mar 30, 2017
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DonThe2nd wrote:
Depends on which two pieces you have. Mate with two knights is not possible unless the king's path is obstructed by a pawn, but mate with two bishops is doable. I'm not sure about having one knight and one bishop but I think mate is possible in certain situations.
A knight & bishop is absolutely doable! If done correctly it takes a max. of 32 moves.