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Hi,
I played a match with a player 989 and me 1170, I win at time, but at final I give -5 and player + 6.
That game was counted as a draw, which makes you lose points because you are the higher rated player. Even if the opponent runs out of time, it is a draw if you do not have sufficient material to checkmate. In other words, if you have only a king, or only one bishop or knight.
Question: does a lone Bishop win against an arbitrary number of Queens, Rooks and B of the same color?
to number 7, yes its possible after an entrapment, mostlikely cornered with knights not being able to take king
@Sarg0n

Forced mate? No. Unless you started in a mate in 1 position for the side with the bishop. But I'm assuming you mean legal sequences of moves leading to mate.

Helpmate? I think so. They just have to cover the king and leave a hole for the bishop. And make sure that no queens or rooks can access it.

I think those are the rules lichess goes by, right? So if K runs out of time against K+B+N, lone K loses? You can always try with from position 0+1 and time out.

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