Bullet game insufficent material bug

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Avatar of zerobounds

http://www.chess.com/livechess/game.html?id=86458761

 

Pretty often we run into Insufficent Material draws in games playing bullet when there is still material to win, the above game is an example but any of the bullet drawn games i have are almost all insufficent material draws when there is adequate material to mate still remaining on the board.

 

feedback on this?

Avatar of omnipaul

Actually, the game you posted was correctly drawn, presuming black ran out of time.  Sure, black had sufficient material, but white did not; that is what matters in this particular game.

Avatar of SimonSeirup

Black ran out of time?

Avatar of zerobounds

so if black runs out of time but white does not have sufficent material to mate then its a draw?

Avatar of furtiveking

Agreed, this game should be a draw. Normally, white would win here because black ran out of time, but since white can't possibly ever win because they don't have enough material, they are given a draw instead.

Avatar of zerobounds

Wow, i had no idea it worked like that. It makes sense though. Thanks.