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YourOrdinaryGuy

How can it be a draw in this situation?. Look at the time I am winning and escaping, why Is it a draw?

What Am I missing?

YourOrdinaryGuy

https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/117988241779?tab=review

YourOrdinaryGuy

If somebody can explain this to me I would appreciate

tygxc

You cannot checkmate your opponent with your lone king.

YourOrdinaryGuy

So its automaticaly a draw?

Lord_Phan

You need to have the possibility to win to gain a win from your opponent timing out. If you can't ever possibly checkmate him due to having insufficient material, ie: A lone King or a King and a Knight

then you get a draw when your opponent times out as that was the best possible scenario for you due to your material position.

If you had at least 1 pawn to go with your King you would have won, as it is theoretically possible to promote that pawn to a Queen and checkmate your opponent.

YourOrdinaryGuy

Please explain . Look at the game, why was the game a draw by move 74 by black? I dont understand. Why not at move 75 a5+....

I dont understand

YourOrdinaryGuy

e5+

Lord_Phan

What are you not understanding? Your opponent ran out of time. You didn't have enough material to win, therefore the game ended in a draw.

RoadOcean
It drew because even tho your opponent ran out of time you couldn’t even check mate them even if your opponent did have time
ChishTheFish
the game is a win if your opponent ran out of time. But since you only have a king and no other pieces, even if your opponent played the worst moves you could not checkmate them, so when he ran out of time it was a draw
blueemu
YourOrdinaryGuy wrote:

So its automaticaly a draw?

Of course.

White cannot win because he has no pieces.

Black cannot win because he has no time left.

Since neither player can win, the only possible outcome is a draw.