lellebaca wrote:
Every time I win a game because the other player runs out of time it says that it's a draw (Remi) because of insufficient means to win and I get 0 points. What should I do?
Learn to mate faster and/or don't let your opponent take your last pawn.
If your king is the only piece left then instead of winning on time you will only draw.
Please post an example of such a game.
In the example from #4, the side who remained with time on his clock has a king and a bishop, and the side who ran out of time has king, two bishops and several pawns.
Normally, King and bishop against king can't mate, and are insufficient material indeed. If you remain with king and bishop and the other player has only a king - no mating position is ever possible on the board.
However, the presence of other enemy pieces changes that. When you have king and dark squared bishop and your opponent has a light squared bishop (and another bishop, and pawns), you can checkmate them theoretically, by (for example) getting your king to h6 and your bishop to f6, where their king is on h8 and their bishop on g8 - and they can have other pieces, so long as they don't interfere with the mate in any way.
Now, in chess.com, they still consider the King + Bishop vs. King + other pieces as a draw if you have the bishop and your opponent runs out of time.
FIDE, on the other hand, concedes the draw only if no mating possition is ever possible from the material and position at hand. This is the difference.
Just that we're on the same page - because I have a feeling that the OP didn't know this, while for IM Pfren this is too obvious to even explain.
Hope that helps.
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Every time I win a game because the other player runs out of time it says that it's a draw (Remi) because of insufficient means to win and I get 0 points. What should I do?