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This game has been declared a draw when my opponent has ran out of time

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Toyfreddy432
I was playing a 3 minute game and when I was close to winning, the computer automatically declared the game to be a draw. There is definitely a bug with the software where the game is declared a draw even when the opponent’s side runs out of time. This always seems to be a recurring issue on online matches.
AndrewSmith

You only had a king left so it says insufficient material , if you had another piece on the board like a Pawn you would have won

Martin_Stahl
Toyfreddy432 wrote:
I was playing a 3 minute game and when I was close to winning, the computer automatically declared the game to be a draw. There is definitely a bug with the software where the game is declared a draw even when the opponent’s side runs out of time. This always seems to be a recurring issue on online matches.

There's no bug. Your last three drawn games were all valid draws by the official rules of Chess.

xtreme2020
If you don’t have enough material to ever checkmate your opponent, and your opponent runs out of time it’s a draw