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Avatar of plagios

My game was just drawn for insufficient material and I don't understand why.  I had a King left and he had 2 Queens, King, and a pawn.  The timer was fast running out for him.  I thought I won but I ended up losing points because I was higher rated.  Can someone tell me what's going on?  

Avatar of nohosing

Perhaps you were in stalemate but didn't realize it?

Avatar of shcherbak

To win on time you need to be capable to deliver checkmate, so you need at least pawn (to promote). In theory it is not possible to checkmate with one light piece (bishop-bishop, bishop-knight setup check yourself).

Avatar of zflea

you lost because you berate and swear at other players. grow up!

Avatar of Frankdawg

You won on time.

You lacked any material sufficent for checkmate.

Your win was then turned into a draw due to lack of material.

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