50 move rule: If 50 moves pass without a pawn move or a piece capture, the game is declared a draw.
Timeout draw: If a person's opponent times out, but the person cannot checkmate the opponent in any conceivable manner, then the game is declared a draw.
Not enough mating material: There is not enough material to perform a checkmate whatsoever by both sides so the game is a draw.
Timeout draw: If a person's opponent times out, but the person cannot checkmate the opponent in any conceivable manner, then the game is declared a draw.
Not enough mating material: There is not enough material to perform a checkmate whatsoever by both sides so the game is a draw.
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Lichess being an international site tries to follow international rules whenever possible and makes sense:
handbook.fide.com/chapter/E012023
These rules, however, are written for over-the-board competitions and do not always make sense for online chess.
Even FIDE recognizes it and thus has regulations for their own online chess competitions:
handbook.fide.com/files/handbook/OnlineChessRegulations.pdf
chess.com, as far as I'm aware, follows USCF rules. These are proprietary and not publicly available anywhere, I believe you need to buy them.
Being an international site as well it would have made more sense to follow international rules instead of one single country. But it's their site, their rules.
For the most part the rules would be the same, but they differ in various ways. For example, one could castle using both hands in USCF OTB events, this isn't allowed in FIDE events.
Draw rules also are different.
USCF, again as far as I have heard, since the rules are not public, has rather weird and inconsistent rules where it deems certain positions where checkmate is still possible drawn. Doesn't make sense, but it is what it is.
With FIDE rules, when you time out, you lose. Unless position is such that there is no legal sequence of moves that can lead to a checkmate. Then and since your opponent can never checkmate you, they cannot ever win even though you timed out. So the game in this case would be declared a draw.
These are the only situations when this would happen:
lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/when-can-you-self-mate-from-kingpiece-positions#2
Otherwise, it is going to be a loss on time.
Lichess, as mentioned above follows these. Unfortunately, the site cannot currently detect fortresses, so one would side with the player that didn't time out in these case. See lichess.org/faq#timeout
handbook.fide.com/chapter/E012023
These rules, however, are written for over-the-board competitions and do not always make sense for online chess.
Even FIDE recognizes it and thus has regulations for their own online chess competitions:
handbook.fide.com/files/handbook/OnlineChessRegulations.pdf
chess.com, as far as I'm aware, follows USCF rules. These are proprietary and not publicly available anywhere, I believe you need to buy them.
Being an international site as well it would have made more sense to follow international rules instead of one single country. But it's their site, their rules.
For the most part the rules would be the same, but they differ in various ways. For example, one could castle using both hands in USCF OTB events, this isn't allowed in FIDE events.
Draw rules also are different.
USCF, again as far as I have heard, since the rules are not public, has rather weird and inconsistent rules where it deems certain positions where checkmate is still possible drawn. Doesn't make sense, but it is what it is.
With FIDE rules, when you time out, you lose. Unless position is such that there is no legal sequence of moves that can lead to a checkmate. Then and since your opponent can never checkmate you, they cannot ever win even though you timed out. So the game in this case would be declared a draw.
These are the only situations when this would happen:
lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/when-can-you-self-mate-from-kingpiece-positions#2
Otherwise, it is going to be a loss on time.
Lichess, as mentioned above follows these. Unfortunately, the site cannot currently detect fortresses, so one would side with the player that didn't time out in these case. See lichess.org/faq#timeout
yeah lichess cant really dected fortresses i usally follow the uscf rules becuase those are the types of tournaments i play in.
@aSaSaSoN said in #3:
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lichess.org/editor/kr6/2N5/K7/8/8/8/8/8_b_-_-_0_1?color=white
Look at it it is possible
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lichess.org/editor/kr6/2N5/K7/8/8/8/8/8_b_-_-_0_1?color=white
Look at it it is possible
yeah it is that is what i was saying
correct thank you
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