Why this match is not my win?

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Please guys check this out

Game ID: https://www.chess.com/game/live/68752647733

I was black in this game, he was very low on time and I tried to flag him and I did it, but the game result is Game drawn - timeout vs insufficient material (5 min Rated)
Your new Blitz rating is 1005 (-2).

??? Why? His time run out, he could checkmate me with queen and king but he doesn't know how to and because of that game is draw? What is this? I even tried to stalemate but I knew that this low rating guy doesn't know how to checkmate with queen and king and he lost on time

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iStellarz wrote:

Please guys check this out

Game ID: https://www.chess.com/game/live/68752647733

I was black in this game, he was very low on time and I tried to flag him and I did it, but the game result is Game drawn - timeout vs insufficient material (5 min Rated)
Your new Blitz rating is 1005 (-2).

??? Why? His time run out, he could checkmate me with queen and king but he doesn't know how to and because of that game is draw? What is this? I even tried to stalemate but I knew that this low rating guy doesn't know how to checkmate with queen and king and he lost on time

 

The game has a clock but also has a requirement to be able to win on the board. You only had a king so can't win; your opponent has no time and can't win. So therefore it's a draw since you had insufficient material to mate.

 

https://support.chess.com/article/268-my-opponent-ran-out-of-time-why-was-it-a-draw

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This happens to me lots, thanks for the explanation!
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I think it's not fair, I shouldn't lose points, I watch hikaru streams and I think something like this didn't happen to him

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... Your opponent also thinks it's not fair- THEY WERE UP A FREAKING QUEEN.

You are lucky it was a draw.

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Defaultedwastaken wrote:

... Your opponent also thinks it's not fair- THEY WERE UP A FREAKING QUEEN.

You are lucky it was a draw.

 

lol, true.. its even more frustrating to him 

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iStellarz wrote:
Defaultedwastaken wrote:

... Your opponent also thinks it's not fair- THEY WERE UP A FREAKING QUEEN.

You are lucky it was a draw.

 

lol, true.. its even more frustrating to him 

 

As long as you have a surviving pawn on your side, even if it's a pawn which has no real prospects of promoting, the game would have been won by you based on the site implementations.

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WardenBlade wrote:
iStellarz wrote:

Please guys check this out

Game ID: https://www.chess.com/game/live/68752647733

I was black in this game, he was very low on time and I tried to flag him and I did it, but the game result is Game drawn - timeout vs insufficient material (5 min Rated)
Your new Blitz rating is 1005 (-2).

??? Why? His time run out, he could checkmate me with queen and king but he doesn't know how to and because of that game is draw? What is this? I even tried to stalemate but I knew that this low rating guy doesn't know how to checkmate with queen and king and he lost on time

"I knew that this low rating guy doesn't know how to checkmate with queen and king and he lost on time" you think 1000s dont know how to mate with a queen????!?!?!?!?!?

 

I am 100% sure that 7/10 players at that rating doesnt know how to checkmate with queen and king, most of that situations goes to stalemate believe me or not idc