Originally posted by Dejection
Even in tournaments, if you are timed out you can claim a draw by insufficent losing chances, judged by the td, can't you? Would that work in cc?
In OTB tournaments, you can only claim insufficient losing chances IF you have less than 2 minutes left on your clock AND in the given position a class C player could relatively easily draw a Master! In the United States Chess Federation Tournament Rules I think they suggest no more than a 10% losing possibility. So the draw should be obvious on the board.
Insufficient Losing Chances is basically a draw offer and it can only be claimed if you are using an analog clock.
I'm not sure if this rule has been implemented in correspondence chess but I would guess not given you usually have at least 1 full day to move while the insufficient losing chances rule is designed for OTB when you have less than 2 minutes, but a clearly drawn position and your opponent attempts to run you out of time.
Bottome line. This rule does not seem to be needed for RHP or any correspondence game since the most common time control gives you X days to make each move.
The link below is a better and fuller explanation than I have provided.
http://www.uschess.org/tds/clockrules.php