winning with no material

 A series of blunders, lol

I'm afraid that *is* the official rule. A game is drawn when the player who runs out of time cannot checkmate by *any* sequence of legal moves. Any legal sequence that could lead to checkmate, even if it would be suicide for one player, means the player can win on time.

No need to talk like that. Personally, I would have given you the draw. But also personally, I don't play blitz or without an increment precisely to avoid games like this.

The position in post #10 is illegal. Both Kings are in check.

Good point! That was careless, the winning king should obviously be on the seventh rank and not the 8th.

I have never been to a seen 2 human beings not draw with this situation in all the years I have played chess except this instance. I am not asking for anything , if it isn't a draw it isn't a draw . but it is a draw its just not a draw here
Also, you keep saying it is Blitz chess. Blitz chess is 3 to 5 minutes each

This was a 15 minute game

That is considered rapid chess
I really really really don't care about any points on a chess server .It just made me wonder what kind of person was on the other side of the screen . And it's just another thing in the list of reasons why I need to quit playing chess.
 

Thanks to everyone who made an intelligent answer or at least tried. To those of you who had no idea what was going on and just wanted to pile on . Good luck in the future, you will need it.

If you can't get to a legal draw before your time expires, this is not a draw *anywhere*. If you played this game in a rated tournament and the exact same set of events transpired, you would have been given the loss there as well

Everyone has their own threshold for what counts as a valid "time" win. I won't begrudge another person having a different standard than I do, and act like they have some sort of moral failing.

And don't take this the wrong way, but if you had known the rules correctly and not spammed your opponent with draw offers but just made your moves, it sounds like you had plenty of time to get to a legal draw.

As a tournament director if this occured over the board I would have awarded the draw unless of course the king was in the corner about to be mated, otherwise there is no way to force the win, this would fall under insufficent losing chances which can be claimed if no increment or delay is being used, if increment or delay is being used, I would allow the players to finish out the game to the rightful conclusion of a draw.

If we're going by that rule, does he have to call an arbiter over to make the claim? :)

That rule does not apply to blitz, and I think most of the answers given here assumed that was what he was playing. Since 15-minute is technically rapid, I guess that rule should have applied.

If this is a blitz/bullet rule, blitz/bullet is to stupid to be played... Drop moving the pices at all just bang the clock as fast as you can, and online people could bang the mouse instead, when time is up you have lost the "game"

I could be misreading this, but I think you ellipsized out the important parts.

Blitz rule B.3b says the following:

"Article 10.2 and Appendix A.4.c do not apply."

http://www.fide.com/component/handbook/?id=125&view=article

The rule you have highlighted in red, about winning by normal means, is part of that article 10.2, which Blitz rule B.3b says does not apply.

http://www.fide.com/component/handbook/?id=124&view=article

i'm sorry but you are stupid for thinking 2 knights can't declare checkmate.

Maybe you should tell your mama !?  

I'd be quite annoyed if the position was declared a dead draw immediately after QxR+ QxQ+ KxQ here:

N & K vs K is a draw due to insufficient material,but N & K vs N & K is not a draw because as shown in post 9, one's own knight can help opponent to checkmate.

I read till 33rd post. should've read everything...

thanks for correcting!

I get it now. Thanks for taking the time to explain!

i had that happen to me before....

it sucked