Author: Jason Williamson
Date: 23:20:50 04/21/00
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On April 21, 2000 at 18:42:08, pete wrote: >On April 21, 2000 at 17:46:46, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On April 21, 2000 at 16:32:21, pete wrote: >> >>>Game : Crafty17.10 (winboard)- Junior6 on 2 computers ( rest really irrelevant >>>); crafty played with the "official" book.bin . >>> >>>1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 >>>Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Ng5 Rf8 14.Nf3 >>> >>>Here crafty claimed draw by repetition !? >> >>This looks reasonable to me. After white moves Nf3, the position is the same >>as it was after moves 10 and 12. Nf3 is the third repetition of that position. >> > >I understand : but this is not the rule as I know it : you can't claim a >position has appeared 3 times ; you can only say that with your following move >you can reach a position that was already there in the game for the 3rd time : >this is a slight but significant difference : so crafty can't claim draw here >whereas Junior could say ( after 14. Nf3 ) : " I intend Re8 and claim draw !" > >I am not 100% sure but as having played tournament games for about 20 years now >I am at least _quite_ sure . > >I don't have a link to FIDE rules so either way I will learn something :-) Nf3 is the 3rd repetiion though. The position with the N on f3 and the pawn on d4 is repeated a 3rd time by the act of making the move Nf3. The rules of chess allow crafty to claim a draw due to that. Jason
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