Answers.Body: <p>FIDE laws of chess: <a href="https://www.fide.com/FIDE/handbook/LawsOfChess.pdf" rel="noreferrer">https://www.fide.com/FIDE/handbook/LawsOfChess.pdf</a></p>
  <p>&quot;6.9 Except  where  one  of  the  Articles:  5.1.a,  5.1.b,  5.2.a,  5.2.b,  5.2.c  applies,  if  a  player  does  not  complete  the  prescribed  number  of  moves  in  the  allotted  time,  the  game  is  lost  by  the player. However, the game is drawn, if the position is such that the opponent cannot checkmate the player’s king by any possible series of legal moves.&quot;</p>
  <p>So as long as there is a way to checkmate the opponent, them timing out constitutes a win for a player. Which is the case here, e.g.:</p>
  <pre><code>[FEN &quot;8/8/1k5K/8/1p1N4/8/p7/8 b - - 0 1&quot;]
  [StartFlipped &quot;0&quot;]
  
  1... Ka5 2. Kg5 Ka4 3. Kf4 Ka3 4. Ke3 Kb2 5. Kd2 Ka1 6.Kc1 b3 7.Nxb3#
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Answers.Body: <p>well, technically you could promote to a knight or a bishop and then help your opponent checkmate you (as in Ka1, Bb1; Ka3, Nb3, or Ka1, Nb1; Kb3, Nc2). So the checkmate positions exist, I guess this is why it was not a draw. Whether this is fair or not is of course a totally different question.</p>
  
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Body: <pre><code>[FEN &quot;8/8/1k5K/8/1p1N4/8/p7/8 w - - 0 1&quot;]
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  <p>I had KPP material and my opponent had KN. My time ran out and I lost the game. Shouldn't this have been a draw?</p>
  
Tags: <rules><draw><material>
Title: Insufficient material draw on lichess.org
ThreadText: # Insufficient material draw on lichess.org
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-04-19)
  
  [FEN "8/8/1k5K/8/1p1N4/8/p7/8 w - - 0 1"]
  
  I had KPP material and my opponent had KN. My time ran out and I lost the game. Shouldn't this have been a draw?
  
  **Tags:** rules, draw, material
  
  
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  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2021-04-19. Score: 21
  
  FIDE laws of chess: https://www.fide.com/FIDE/handbook/LawsOfChess.pdf
  "6.9 Except  where  one  of  the  Articles:  5.1.a,  5.1.b,  5.2.a,  5.2.b,  5.2.c  applies,  if  a  player  does  not  complete  the  prescribed  number  of  moves  in  the  allotted  time,  the  game  is  lost  by  the player. However, the game is drawn, if the position is such that the opponent cannot checkmate the player’s king by any possible series of legal moves."
  So as long as there is a way to checkmate the opponent, them timing out constitutes a win for a player. Which is the case here, e.g.:
  [FEN "8/8/1k5K/8/1p1N4/8/p7/8 b - - 0 1"]
  [StartFlipped "0"]
  
  1... Ka5 2. Kg5 Ka4 3. Kf4 Ka3 4. Ke3 Kb2 5. Kd2 Ka1 6.Kc1 b3 7.Nxb3#
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2021-04-19. Score: 6
  
  well, technically you could promote to a knight or a bishop and then help your opponent checkmate you (as in Ka1, Bb1; Ka3, Nb3, or Ka1, Nb1; Kb3, Nc2). So the checkmate positions exist, I guess this is why it was not a draw. Whether this is fair or not is of course a totally different question.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2021-04-20. Score: 1
  
  Under the old rules of chess, this configuration would be sufficient for a material tie to be considered. However, I believe that these rules have been updated and, while there is the possibility of checkmate, there is no way to consider the technical tie.
  
  
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