Look, I get it. If you want an actual chess playing platform, you go here or Lichess or something. But honestly, it feels like the person who designed the platform had probably never played chess in their life.
First of all, the clock time is shared. Meaning, if the game is 5 minutes long and my opponent takes 30 seconds and I take one, my clock has exactly as much time as his. That makes no sense. Someone could just wait 4:59 and make their move and whoever's quicker to click wins like a game of hot potato.
Second, when time does run out, the winner is determined by who has more material. This is absurd. I played a game where I was up a piece or two and gave the material back for a clearly winning endgame and time ran out for my opponent and it was a draw because we had the same number of pieces left even though I had a passed pawn on the seventh at the time. I know I'm preaching to the choir and this is kinda stupid but it was irritating enough I wanted to rant.
I think you are mistaken.
Please provide a link to such a game where you used one second and your opponent used 30 and yet you both ended up with 4:59 on the clock. The time stamps are recorded. The lag adjustments shouldn't be more than two seconds.
Wins are never decided by who has more material. A draw because of insufficient material normally only happens when the side running out of time is down to a bare king or king and one minor piece.
The theory is that the bare king and knight or king and bishop could never achieve mate against his opponent, regardless of how badly the opponent played. You probably stalemated him.
Here i started a game and waited several seconds on purpose
I made my move and took a picture. Instantly upon me making my move, my opponent started with 4:30 seconds.
Look, I get it. If you want an actual chess playing platform, you go here or somewhere else. But honestly, it feels like the person who designed the platform had probably never played chess in their life.
First of all, the clock time is shared. Meaning, if the game is 5 minutes long and my opponent takes 30 seconds and I take one, my clock has exactly as much time as his. That makes no sense. Someone could just wait 4:59 and make their move and whoever's quicker to click wins like a game of hot potato.
Second, when time does run out, the winner is determined by who has more material. This is absurd. I played a game where I was up a piece or two and gave the material back for a clearly winning endgame and time ran out for my opponent and it was a draw because we had the same number of pieces left even though I had a passed pawn on the seventh at the time. I know I'm preaching to the choir and this is kinda stupid but it was irritating enough I wanted to rant.