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Lichess says I lost a game when my time ran out even though my opponent had only 1 knight & 0 pawns.

My opponent had only one knight (no pawns) when I ran out of time with just one bishop, a very dead draw. Why did lichess say I lost the game when I ran out of time? This makes no sense. If there is some reason for this it has to be a very dumb reason.

Here is the game, I had the black pieces:
en.lichess.org/c7T9RLvz/black
I read that FIDE rules say, "If the player has the winning position, but he loses by time, the game is draw".
N vs B => it's draw... pure and simple.. anyway, I also noticed that the threefold repetition sometimes doesnt aply.... something is wrong with the way lichess has been set up...
Lost on time = lost on time, pure and simple. Only exception: draw if the side winning on time cannot mate in any possible way.
That is the FIDE rule. K+B vs. K+N is always lost for the player losing on time, as the opponent can mate in the corner.

3-fold repetition is correctly implemented, unless you can present a concrete example of the contrary.
The threefold repetition rule allows either player to claim a draw, but such draws are not mandatory.
Lichess is close to the FIDE rules and not close to some homemade rules of other servers (and USCF!). So, can you tell me according to whicht point it is a draw? See below the FIDE rules:

"5.2 a. The game is drawn when the player to move has no legal move and his king is not in
check. The game is said to end in ‘stalemate’. This immediately ends the game,
provided that the move producing the stalemate position was legal.
b. The game is drawn when a position has arisen in which neither player can
checkmate the opponent’s king with any series of legal moves. The game is said to
end in a ‘dead position’. This immediately ends the game, provided that the move
producing the position was legal. (See Article 9.6)
c. The game is drawn upon agreement between the two players during the game. This
immediately ends the game. (See Article 9.1)
d. The game may be drawn if any identical position is about to appear or has appeared
on the chessboard at least three times. (See Article 9.2)
e. The game may be drawn if each player has made at least the last 50 consecutive
moves without the movement of any pawn and without any capture. (See Article
9.3)"

and

"6.9 Except where one of the Articles: 5.1.a, 5.1.b, 5.2.a, 5.2.b, 5.2.c applies, 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."

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