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"Game Drawn due to Insufficient Material"
This was the verdict on a game I played recently where my opponent was unable to find the winning method with his King+Rook vs my King. He was given until the end of his time to try and mate me and when he failed to, he was awarded a draw!! This is not in the rules of chess and it is certainly not fair - the fact that I do not have sufficient material should not mean my opponent is given a draw - his time ran out.
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Inappropriate?That is a standard FIDE rule: you cannot win a game if you do not have material to mate your opponent with. Since he has no time to checkmate you and you have no material to checkmate him with, the game is declared a draw.
http://www.fide.com/fide/handbook?id=...
6.10
Except where Articles 5.1 or one of the Articles 5.2 (a), (b) and (c) apply, 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, even with the most unskilled counterplay.
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9.6
The game is drawn when a position is reached from which a checkmate cannot occur by any possible series of legal moves, even with the most unskilled play. This immediately ends the game, provided that the move producing this position was legal. -
Inappropriate?Draw is the correct ruling in the situation you described, according to FIDE rules. You cannot win on time unless you have sufficient material to mate.
Law 6.10 of the FIDE Laws of Chess states that: "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, even with the most unskilled counterplay."
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