How can black be victorious? It was a draw

He only had a king and a knight and the clock ran out because of the unfair lag compensation.

@excelvbasql said:
"He only had a king and a knight and the clock ran out because of the unfair lag compensation."

If black only has a king and a knight to a king. Its a draw because a single knight cannot deliver a checkmate... You'll ethier need 2 knights or 1 knights and a bishop or 2 bishops to win...

@excelvbasql

I just checked your game archive. In the game in question you still had a pawn yourself - and that's the problem when your time runs out.

Theoretically, you could promote your pawn into a knight or a bishop, and then it would theoretically be possible for your opponent to checkmate you with his knight.

That's equivalent to resigning, and so no time out should result in a draw.

@MsBlackBear said in #2:

@excelvbasql said:
"He only had a king and a knight and the clock ran out because of the unfair lag compensation."

If black only has a king and a knight to a king. Its a draw because a single knight cannot deliver a checkmate... You'll ethier need 2 knights or 1 knights and a bishop or 2 bishops to win...

Yes

Don't just ignore what other people are saying, OP. Read the FAQs.

@excelvbasql

As a supplement to #3:

Of course, to make things even crazier, it's even possible for you to promote your pawn into a rook and even then lose, since mate by the knight is theoretically possible.

Such are the rules of online chess!

@excelvbasql this game right? "

@MrPushwood said in #6:

Don't just ignore what other people are saying, OP. Read the FAQs.

Don't just accuse for the hell of it and decline to copy and paste these FAQ answers if they're so blatant :P

@MsBlackBear said in #8:

@excelvbasql this game right? "lichess.org/aJSzmzpd" in this situation it's not a draw since white had a piece they could win with...

Yes but I'm white, I should have gotten a draw not a loss!