The fide rules states that it is a draw when the flag falls if there are no legal series of moves that can result in the person with time remaining checkmating. At the end of http://en.lichess.org/m3dpK5v0TWEH it is still possible for white to checkmate so by fide rules this would be a win.
I'm not sure if this will fixed, since it would be hard to fully implement the rules, however the flag fall implementation could be brought closer to the fide rules in practice, so it is something worth considering.
Possible improvement:
If the player with time has a knight and the opposing player has a pawn/knight then it is a win. (I;m assuming this isn't implemented, I haven't checked)
A bit more complicated:
If the player with time has a bishop and the opposing player has the opposite color bishop, or can promote a pawn to the opposite color bishop then it is a win.
Am i missing something? I can't find any ways to win this game as white (or black)
Black promotes to bishop, moves king to h8, white moves king to h6, black moves bishop to g8, white mates with bishop.
We don't count a single bishop or knight against any number or formation of pieces to be mating material. This is based upon lichess being adjudicator/arbiter to the game.
What you described is a help-mate anyway. Sure isn't a win.
There's a lengthy discussion on lichess forums on this that you might want to look up.
Do you a link to the discussion? Could you also explain what you mean by help-mate?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helpmate
http://en.lichess.org/forum/lichess-feedback/no-mating-material-shouldnt-win
Thanks for that, I will continue over there.
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