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Raymond
Sep 9, 2014
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#1

I played the following bullet game in which I end up with 2queens and King against a King and it is declared draw ...for insufficient material????                                         
1.e4c5
2.Nf3d6
3.c3Nf6
4.Bd3Bg4
5.h3Bxf3
6.Qxf3Nc6
7.Bc2e5
8.O-OBe7
9.Rd1O-O
10.d3g6
11.Qg3Nh5
12.Qg4Bf6
13.Re1Bg7
14.Be3Qc8
15.Nd2Qxg4
16.hxg4Nf4
17.Bxf4exf4
18.Nf3h6
19.Kh2Rad8
20.g3fxg3+
21.Kxg3d5
22.exd5Rxd5
23.Rad1Rdd8
24.Bb3Rfe8
25.Rxe8+Rxe8
26.Re1Rxe1
27.Nxe1Kf8
28.Nf3Ke7
29.a4Kd6
30.Bc4b6
31.Kf4f6
32.Nd2Nd8
33.Ne4+Ke7
34.Bb5Ne6+
35.Ke3f5
36.gxf5gxf5
37.Ng3f4+
38.Kf3fxg3
39.Kxg3Kf6
40.
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Ch3ss1r3C4t
Sep 9, 2014
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#2

If a player runs out of time and his opponent has insufficient material for mate, then the game is drawn. So perhaps your clock ran down.

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ismeto
Sep 10, 2014
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#3

I think , chess.com has to control "

Draw for insufficient material"

rules as soon as possible . because it is wrong rule I think !

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Ch3ss1r3C4t
Sep 10, 2014
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#4

Ch3ss1r3C4t wrote:

If a player runs out of time and his opponent has insufficient material for mate, then the game is drawn. So perhaps your clock ran down.

I'm reposting this because on the main site the formatting is totally off and the post gets amended to the move list in the first post! lol (posted from the app)

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EricFleet
Sep 10, 2014
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#5

Chessirecat is correct.

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Raymond
Sep 11, 2014
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#6

Not the case.

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Scottrf
Sep 11, 2014
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#7

It is the case. Black ran out of time, white had insufficient material, draw.

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csalami
Sep 11, 2014
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#8

Why are there so many threads like this on chess.com? 

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Scottrf
Sep 11, 2014
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#9

I guess people aren't taught the rules properly.

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EricFleet
Sep 11, 2014
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#10

Raymond wrote:

Not the case.

What leads you to say that?

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MuhammadAreez10
Sep 11, 2014
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#11

Wha...? You ran out of time. Do you expect yourself to get a full point?

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MuhammadAreez10
Sep 11, 2014
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#12

Your material doesn't matter, your opponent's does.

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MuhammadAreez10
Sep 11, 2014
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#13

EricFleet wrote:

Raymond wrote:

Not the case.

What leads you to say that?

His not knowing of the rules.

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Feufollet
Sep 11, 2014
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#14
BigSlick666 wrote:

On the 69th move Black had whites King  in a stranglehold and needed only to zugzwang to corner the king for an easy mate. Instead black chose to abandon his bishop and promote a pawn?? Thus allowing whites King an escape

True...mate in 3 moves I believe, had he done Qe4+ instead of Qg3+

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Raymond
Sep 11, 2014
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#15

I guess I cannot persuade anybody that I still had time but I did. Now it is true that something flaky happening with the clock is a better bet than a bug. (As far as improving my play is concerned, I can't believe anybody would seriously look at improving my play in a bullet game... Thanks for the effort!)

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ismeto
Sep 14, 2014
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#16

if it is the RULE it must be DRAW as soon as possible that the system checks the game is draw because of unsufficient material not wait time to pass on...

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Ziryab
Sep 14, 2014
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#17

Learn how to mate with two queens and this won't happen. These two mate patterns are basic:

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RG1951
Sep 14, 2014
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#18
Scottrf wrote:

I guess people aren't taught the rules properly.

        I suppose most people won't find out this rule until and/or unless they come across it in one of their own games - and then for the umptieth time we shall see a plaintive post about it on these forums.

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IM pfren
Sep 14, 2014
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#19
ismeto wrote:

if it is the RULE it must be DRAW as soon as possible that the system checks the game is draw because of unsufficient material not wait time to pass on...

Sorry to say there is no such rule as yours, anywhere in the world... Turkey included.

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MuhammadAreez10
Sep 25, 2014
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#20

pfren wrote:

ismeto wrote:

if it is the RULE it must be DRAW as soon as possible that the system checks the game is draw because of unsufficient material not wait time to pass on...

Sorry to say there is no such rule as yours, anywhere in the world... Turkey included.

Hey pfren! He took it as both players only had a king.