Answers.Body: <h3>Yes.</h3>
  <p>This is an official rule, see <em>Article 6: The chess clock</em> of the <a href="http://www.fide.com/fide/handbook?id=124&amp;view=article" rel="noreferrer">FIDE rules handbook (E.I.01A. Laws of Chess)</a>. Section 6.9 goes :</p>
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  <p>Except [in checkmate and stalemate cases, mutually agreed draws and resigned games,] if a player does not complete the prescribed number of moves in the allotted time, the game is lost by the player.</p>
  <p><strong>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.</strong></p>
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Body: <p>Does this apply to OTB chess as well?  I was playing an online game on FICS and my opponent ran out of time, but I did not have enough material to mate, so the game was drawn.</p>
  
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Title: Game drawn without enough material to mate even if opponent runs out of time?
ThreadText: # Game drawn without enough material to mate even if opponent runs out of time?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2013-01-08)
  
  Does this apply to OTB chess as well? I was playing an online game on FICS and my opponent ran out of time, but I did not have enough material to mate, so the game was drawn.
  
  **Tags:** otb-chess
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2013-01-08. Score: 7 | Accepted answer
  
  ### Yes.
  
  This is an official rule, see *Article 6: The chess clock* of the [FIDE rules handbook (E.I.01A. Laws of Chess)](http://www.fide.com/fide/handbook?id=124&view=article). Section 6.9 goes :
  
  > Except [in checkmate and stalemate cases, mutually agreed draws and resigned games,] if a player does not complete the prescribed number of moves in the allotted time, the game is lost by the player.
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  > **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.**
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Do you know if it is a rule that is always in effect or does it depend on the organization behind the tournament?  
  > **username_2**: This is a well known rule, and is standard in tournament play. +1  
  
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