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I believe the list of insufficent force draws should be limited to those cases where neither side can win with the game played as a helpmate--no illegal moves, but both sides cooperating to mate one side. This would clearly be a manageably-sized list that wouldn't change after it was drafted--the list in the laws is incomplete but probably not by a lot. <p> The list in law 10.4 should be extended to these positions and law 10.5 should be amended to have a draw when a player exceeds the time limit if the opponents pieces would be on list as drawn vs a bare King. The exact forces the time-limit violator has shouldn't matter--why should a player with King vs King and Knight get a draw while a player with King and Rook vs King and Knight gets a loss? <p> This should still be a mangable level of complexity but would be more equitable.