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How Can This Be a Loss???

In this Horde game I just played, I had two queens and a few pawns left, and my opponent only had his king left. But when I ran out of time it said I lost. How can I lose? Isn't this supposed to be a draw due to insufficient material vs timeout?

https://lichess.org/fxtQ0qjHQqm2

In this Horde game I just played, I had two queens and a few pawns left, and my opponent only had his king left. But when I ran out of time it said I lost. How can I lose? Isn't this supposed to be a draw due to insufficient material vs timeout? https://lichess.org/fxtQ0qjHQqm2

Black could still win. You'd have to make some incredible blunders, but it's possible nonetheless. Black could still take all of your pieces.

Black could still win. You'd have to make some incredible blunders, but it's possible nonetheless. Black could still take all of your pieces.

Move 48, Instead of using rook you should have defended it using King

Move 48, Instead of using rook you should have defended it using King

White could freely gift all his pieces to black, as white has no king of their own.

I admit, I was surprised too when I was winning as black like this.

White could freely gift all his pieces to black, as white has no king of their own. I admit, I was surprised too when I was winning as black like this.

@subscriber360 said in #3:

Move 48, Instead of using rook you should have defended it using King
I was White.

@subscriber360 said in #3: > Move 48, Instead of using rook you should have defended it using King I was White.

@MentalFugues said in #2:

Black could still win. You'd have to make some incredible blunders, but it's possible nonetheless. Black could still take all of your pieces.
Oh, so I could lose because unlike normal chess I don’t have a king?

@MentalFugues said in #2: > Black could still win. You'd have to make some incredible blunders, but it's possible nonetheless. Black could still take all of your pieces. Oh, so I could lose because unlike normal chess I don’t have a king?

@MYMChessMikeJ said in #6:

Oh, so I could lose because unlike normal chess I don’t have a king?

Exactly.

@MYMChessMikeJ said in #6: > Oh, so I could lose because unlike normal chess I don’t have a king? Exactly.

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