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Why did I lose the game instead of a draw?

for my latest game, black can never lose this postion, i got flagged, so shouldn't it be drawn cause of insufficient material?
Black can lose if you promote your pawn and trap your king in the corner
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@srikara999 said in #3:
> White can win only if the pawn was in the h rank or it promoted to a bishop on a black square , technically white can never win here but its very difficult for algorithms to identify this , so its considered a draw
The pawn can be promoted to a knight
Nobody would ever promote to a knight in that position. Nobody.
@Autofill said in #5:
> The pawn can be promoted to a knight

A checkmate wouldnt be possible if it promoted to a knight , white gets the win only is it had promoted to a bishop on a dark square.
@Katoh1 said in #6:
> Nobody would ever promote to a knight in that position. Nobody.
But how can you know that
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