I've just had a game that I'd clearly, utterly, obviously lost declared a draw, completely against rules. We'd got down to me with a queen and pawn on the 7th rank about to be promoted, my opponent with just a king a very long distance from my pawn, but he'd got a couple of minutes on his clock, I had one second. So quite obviously he should win on time. But instead the system declared a draw based on insufficient material. My pawn was obviously promotable so there's no question that my material was basically queen and king versus king, which is an easy win. But I had run out of time. Why on earth is that a draw? I feel completely as though my opponent has been cheated, he quite rightly played within his time-limit (I didn't), he should get his credit for doing so!
You ran out of time and couldn't win. Your opponent had only a king and the best possible result is a draw; a lone king can never checkmate so can never win.
I've just had a game that I'd clearly, utterly, obviously lost declared a draw, completely against rules. We'd got down to me with a queen and pawn on the 7th rank about to be promoted, my opponent with just a king a very long distance from my pawn, but he'd got a couple of minutes on his clock, I had one second. So quite obviously he should win on time. But instead the system declared a draw based on insufficient material. My pawn was obviously promotable so there's no question that my material was basically queen and king versus king, which is an easy win. But I had run out of time. Why on earth is that a draw? I feel completely as though my opponent has been cheated, he quite rightly played within his time-limit (I didn't), he should get his credit for doing so!