Knight + King vs Knight + King - Loss on time

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I am quite new to chess and I wonder what someone can do about the following situation:

Me (white): Knight + King, 1 minute left
Opponent (black): Knight + King, 3 minutes left

By the following rule:

If only one player has exceeded the time limit, but the other player
does not have (theoretically) sufficient mating material, the game is
still a draw. Law 6.9 of the FIDE Laws of Chess states that: "If a
player does not complete the prescribed number of moves in the
allotted time, the game is lost by the 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, even with the
most unskilled counterplay." For example, a player who runs out of
time with a sole king versus king and bishop does not lose the game.
It is still possible to lose on time in positions where mate is
extremely unlikely but not theoretically impossible, as with king and
bishop versus king and knight. (Under USCF rules, king and bishop,
king and knight, or king and 2 knights with no pawns on the board is
not considered sufficient mating material, unless the opponent has a
forced win, even though it is theoretically possible to mate (but
extremely unlikely to happen) in situations such as K+B vs. K+N).

this is no immediate draw.
The opponent keeps running away until I am out of time and lose the game.
A sample game can be seen here (I blundered on move 60 here, I could have got his knight but I pre-moved everything because I had around 5 seconds time left). But we can see here that he also does not take my knight to not make it a draw so I lose on time.

Brian Towers · Accepted Answer

You have three choices:

Always play with an increment, then this won't arise because you can always move within the increment
Try and fork your opponent's king and knight. Either he takes your knight or you take his knight next move - result = draw. Or the best and simplest with so much time left
Just play very fast until you have made 50 moves without any pawn moves (there won't be any because there are no pawns left) and without any captures (if there are any then the game sill be draw.)

One minute should ample time for you to just make 50 moves with your knight. Quality doesn't matter in this case.
According to the FIDE Laws of Chess:

9.3 The game is drawn, upon a correct claim by a player having the move, if:
9.3.1 he writes his move, which cannot be changed, on his scoresheet and declares to the arbiter his intention to make this move which will
result in the last 50 moves by each player having been made without
the movement of any pawn and without any capture, or
9.3.2 the last 50 moves by each player have been completed without the movement of any pawn and without any capture.

Most online servers implement this automatically. If 50 moves are made with no pawn moves and no captures then the server ends the game as a draw.

edwina oliver · Answer

1 - Play faster.
2 - Lose your knight and then the program will call it a draw.
3 - Move your king around for 50 moves and claim a draw;  see answer 1.
4 - Play OTB instead of online. Find the Director and claim the draw for lack of material to mate.

Knight + King vs Knight + King - Loss on time

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