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Originally Posted by YouKnowWho
Was just playing 1-minute pool on ICC and flagged this WIM in a K+N against K+N+P (we got to that endgame with her having like 3 secs against my 15 and she never offered a draw..). I was pretty sure I will get a win, but the game was announced a draw because black has insufficient mating material. However, I am pretty sure that the rule says that there has to be a possible mate with the material on the board in order for me to get a win here - and the mate is certainly possible, she loses a knight, promotes to a bishop and gets mated in the corner. I am not sweating bout my 1minute pool rating but I just got curious, does ICC follow it's own rules instead of international or uscf ones?
Yes, it does. USCF rules would be insane, FIDE rules are a bit crazy to be literal (people would be trying to flag each other in KN vs. KN and stuff).
Basically, 1 minor piece is not enough mating material. 2 are. That's all you need to know.
(Disclosure, I have some sort of relationship with ICC)