Hey guys, why does lichess lower my rating when my OPPONENT has time out?

Hey guys, so Today I played a bullet game. It all went well until the end when my opponents time was out. It said that it was a draw and lowered my rating while still saying it was time out! Any tips? lichess.org/82ShtxEx2EoW

This happened to me. If your opponent is winning and your time is more then it is a draw and if you have a higher rating it gets lower.

Thank @mintyvelvet!

Your welcome

No. It is a draw, if the player with time does not even have a theoretical chance to win. (E.g. because he has only a king)

Thats what I am saying @sheckley666

@mintyvelvet , @Petrtes : not quite. If your time runs out, and you have no possible sequence of moves that leads to checkmate, including moves where your opponent helps you mate, then FIDE rules award a draw. If such a sequence exists then you win. No one knows how to code a reliable test for this so lichess awards a win if there is sufficient material that a self mate could be possible, and awards a draw if there is insufficient material to mate when your opponent's time runs out. This is worth knowing. If Petrtes had kept even the knight on the board, say by playing 27.Ng6+ when his opponent was almost out of time, he would have won.

There is a subtle but important difference, and @sheckley666 is right.

lichess.org/faq#timeout.

Yes, @ratzinjammers, but how does this explain me losing my rating?

@Petrtes, mintyvelvet is right about that part. You drew against a lower rated player so your rating went down a little, but not as much as if you had lost.

Oh, thanks @ratzinjammers !