I lost on time when I was winning... :(

I understand your frustration, but it's silly to complain about this. It's not like you'd win for sure every time you're up in material. Losing on time in chess is normal. Deal with it.

If you don't want this to happen again, play with time increment.

Sorry for the inconvenience guys!

@aarush_samanta said in #5:
> The whole point of this is that it should be a draw, @ShiningDrongo , chess rules say that if you lose on time and you are winning, then it's a draw. I don't want to argue, I'm just saying.
umm no so Lichess counts that if they have a pawn it could promote to a queens and checkmate that's why u lost.

@aarush_samanta said in #5:
> The whole point of this is that it should be a draw, @ShiningDrongo , chess rules say that if you lose on time and you are winning, then it's a draw. I don't want to argue, I'm just saying.

There's no such rule. There's a rule that says that if your opponent does not have sufficient material to deliver a checkmate when you time runs out, it is a draw. But in your game your opponent did have sufficient material to mate you, therefore according to the laws of chess, you lost, fair and square.

The clock is part of the game. If you run out of time, you lose. Whether you think you have a winning position or not is irrelevant.

Others have explained that time is part of the game and that theoretically your opponent could have won, etc.

But let us for a moment suppose that you should have been given a win. My question to you is how would you write a rule in the rule book that is as objective, fair to all, and unambiguous as possible?

actually the rule says that if ur opponent hasn't got any pieces and u lost on time it is a draw.

@positional_player6 said in #16:
> actually the rule says that if ur opponent hasn't got any pieces and u lost on time it is a draw.

But his opponent still had three pawns.

Here's what FIDE's laws of chess (rcc.fide.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/FIDE_Laws-Of_Chess_2018-1.pdf) actually say (in article 6.9): "if a player does not complete the prescribed number of moves in the allotted time, the game is lost by that player. However, the game is drawn if the position is such that the opponent cannot checkmate the player’s king by any possible series of legal moves."

In almost all cases where a player still has any piece (be it a pawn or a different piece), there is a possible sequence of legal moves delivering checkmate. The main exception being if he is down to a naked king. Then he indeed can't possibly deliver checkmate and it's a draw if his opponent runs out of time.

Try capturing all his pieces next time that way even if you loose on time it will still be a draw

Play correspondence games with unlimited time and I guarantee you'll never lose on time again.

Failing that, learn to manage your time better or just don't play short games. It's not rocket science. Luckily.