Author: Laurence Chen
Date: 08:27:47 04/22/00
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On April 21, 2000 at 21:35:42, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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 :-) > > >That is incorrect. You play your move. You tell your opponent that you claim >a draw by repetition. You don't press the clock. You can call the TD over if >you want. But you definitely can claim a draw _after_ you move your piece, and >_before_ you press the clock. If you press the clock first, then you can not >claim the draw... > >If you look at the position after move 10, after move 12, and after move 14, >the _same_ position is found each time. That is a classic three-fold >repetition... Good point!!!
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