A Draw For Checkmate?

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Avatar of Fresh89

Dear Tech Support,

Why and how did I get a draw for this game. This is what the board looked like after the last move:

Avatar of Fresh89

I forgot to mention that it said that the draw was due to 'insufficient materials'.

Avatar of oinquarki

Because you ran out of time just before the checkmate and your opponent had insufficient material.

Avatar of DavidMertz1

Looks like you ran out of time.  Instead of losing, you got a draw because your opponent didn't have enough material to checkmate you.

My best guess is that your computer lagged ever so slightly, allowing you to make the move, but on the chess.com server your time was already up.

Avatar of blowerd

I think you must have just run out of time. 

Insufficient materials means that your opponent has insufficient materials to checkmate you. 

Avatar of 1pawndown

0:00 is the reason!

Avatar of Fresh89

Thanks everyone. I think you are all right.

Avatar of TrueFiction

@Fresh89: That sucks man