Why sometimes you lose when you time out but sometimes it's a draw?

The title says it all. I am confused.

Share what game this happened with.

Im pretty sure that if you run out of time without enough pieces to checkmate (no pawns, only a knight/bishop, two knights) then you get less points/seen as a draw.

When you or the opponent times out, they lose. But when the person who times out had more than just a king, and the opponent who didn't time out has no pieces but king, then it results in a draw. I hope this is helpful

@Ifancy_potato said in #5:
> When you or the opponent times out, they lose. But when the person who times out had more than just a king, and the opponent who didn't time out has no pieces but king, then it results in a draw. I hope this is helpful
YES IT IS!

@DeadlyGambits good, glad I could help

@Ifancy_potato said in #5:
> When you or the opponent times out, they lose. But when the person who times out had more than just a king, and the opponent who didn't time out has no pieces but king, then it results in a draw. I hope this is helpful

yeahhhhhhhhhhhh

If you time out normally, you will lose. However, if your opponent can't checkmate you, it is a draw. For example, if you have a king and they have a king and a bishop, they can't checkmate you so when you run out of time it will be considered a draw.

even though it will still be a draw because of insufficient material