You move to slowly in a game. and in bullet games that's expected.
Winning on Time
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I really was not moving slowly, and it's not a bullet game...
I thought whoever had the most points at the end of the time is the winner...
Nope. Try not to run out of time next match.
There is a bar that runs your "time" down. Let's say you play a 5|0 game. You have 5 minutes to make all of your moves. Look at your bar constantly to make sure you still have enough time. If it goes to 0:00.0, you lose. Unless you're talking about online chess, when you have either 1 day/move, 2 days/ move, 3 days/ move, 5 days/ move, or 7 days/ move.
May 12, 2013
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Not sure if you're talking about live games or correspondence, but either way time is a factor. If you run out of it you loose, even if winning the game otherwise. With one exception (at least in uscf rules not sure about chess.com) if your opponent has insufficient material for check mate then running out of time creates a draw.
Appreciate the help I am new here...I'm playing a 15 game...there are different times on the top and the bottom of the board as the game plays,,,not sure why that is...Can one play a 15 game and whoever has the most points (if time runs out) win?
no
but there is a setting where you can make moves in advance in live chess, so if you play one move ahead, you can use their time to make your moves, and you will almost never lose on time again
May 12, 2013
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RiverDogBeach wrote:
Appreciate the help I am new here...I'm playing a 15 game...there are different times on the top and the bottom of the board as the game plays,,,not sure why that is...Can one play a 15 game and whoever has the most points (if time runs out) win?
Sorry, it dosn't work that way. You will notice that you and your opponent have separate clocks and when you move yours stops and your opponent's starts. Running out of time causes you to lose even in the longer games. This is for fairness, in chess just because you have more material dosn't necessarily mean you are winning. You could have your opponent in a forced mate in 2 or 3 moves but be down in material. In which case all they would have to do is run out the clock and win. You may be more suited to correspondence style of online chess were you have several days to move.
Can someone please explain why even though I have more points, the other player WINS beacuse they "won on time". Thx!