You have the option to play a game with an increment (I believe here it's called "bonus time" or something). So you could have chosen, for example, to play a 5 1 game (with 5 minutes main time and 1 second of bonus time per move) instead of a 5 0 game ("sudden death," where the game ends in 5 minutes no matter what). If that's your preference, you should play only games with increments. If you agree to play a game with no increment, you have to be prepared to have some of these losses. We've all been in that situation; it goes with the territory. Indeed, if you're a 5 0 player you should be prepared for your opponents to play out "lost" games in the hopes that you'll overstep the time limit. Similarly, you'd better be able to whip out the basic mates with very little thought.
There is a provision in the US Chess Federation for tournament players in similar sudden-death situations, where the "winning" player can claim a draw based on "insufficient losing chances," but on chess.com we're talking about casual chess, and I'm sure the last thing Erik needs is to adjudicate 100+ draw claims per day.
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Hello, hope this isnt already been talked... I would want to point, that i'm happy with the system "live chess" works, but now that i have played for some time, I'd like to make a suggestion:
I believe its ok to loose by time, but when you run out of time and you loose a game that is "won" already, it's something ridiculous, because in the case you could have again 20 seconds for 10 moves (let's say), you should win, yes or yes. I know i'm not expressing myself very well, excuse me.
If you can view this match, you gonna see that a system where when you run out of time you have 1second per move allowed, doesn't allow you to really win a game that is lost, but it is sufficient to win a game that would be won if you had 20s more to play. In the example of my game you can see it clearly, dunno if any1 can access it to view it, but im sure moderators can. This could be an option, because some people are not all that fair we are supposed to, or simply they don't realize it in time to resign. I believe it could be a bit more just for all, and I hope moderators and users discuss about it, cuz maybe i'm wrong, but i want to find out ;)