Hi,
The game is a draw if your opponent flags but you don't have sufficient material to mate. However, it is still possible (though likely can't be forced) to mate with a lone knight if your opponent has a pawn that could block the king's escape path (for example, if white has a pawn on h7, his king on h8, and black's king is on f8, having the knight on f7 would be a checkmate for black). Under chess.com however, I think it's different, as you only draw if only have a bishop or knight left, even if the opponent has material that could block their king and allow you to mate.
I believe the game should be a win for the opponent of the person who flagged in such cases, if there's any sequence of moves from the given position that can lead to a checkmate for that person, no matter how ridiculous (especially since you never know what moves people would play when having only a few seconds left). I also believe I read somewhere else that this is what FIDE does (?).
The game here for example https://www.chess.com/game/live/16317309187?username=imrosen should have been a win for black, as with white having the h-pawn it's still possible for his king to get trapped in the h8 corner with the pawn on h7 and black delivering a mater with his king on f8 and knight on f7. However, it seems like it was deemed a draw by insufficient material.
I think post 2 in https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/what-is-quottime-out-vs-insufficient-materialquot shows a situation why the rule should be this way.
The site only looks at the material the side with time has to make the determination and does not use the FIDE implementation of mate possible by any series of legal moves. The process is a little closer to the US Chess ruling, with some exceptions.
Hi,
The game is a draw if your opponent flags but you don't have sufficient material to mate. However, it is still possible (though likely can't be forced) to mate with a lone knight if your opponent has a pawn that could block the king's escape path (for example, if white has a pawn on h7, his king on h8, and black's king is on f8, having the knight on f7 would be a checkmate for black). Under chess.com however, I think it's different, as you only draw if only have a bishop or knight left, even if the opponent has material that could block their king and allow you to mate.
I believe the game should be a win for the opponent of the person who flagged in such cases, if there's any sequence of moves from the given position that can lead to a checkmate for that person, no matter how ridiculous (especially since you never know what moves people would play when having only a few seconds left). I also believe I read somewhere else that this is what FIDE does (?).
The game here for example https://www.chess.com/game/live/16317309187?username=imrosen should have been a win for black, as with white having the h-pawn it's still possible for his king to get trapped in the h8 corner with the pawn on h7 and black delivering a mater with his king on f8 and knight on f7. However, it seems like it was deemed a draw by insufficient material.
I think post 2 in https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/what-is-quottime-out-vs-insufficient-materialquot shows a situation why the rule should be this way.