Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 13:11:22 05/30/02
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On May 30, 2002 at 08:25:40, Harald Faber wrote: >On May 29, 2002 at 22:04:50, Robin Smith wrote: > >>On May 29, 2002 at 09:37:20, Harald Faber wrote: >> >>>Sorry, I don't get the point here. I don't see '??' after 1.Rxf5 when the >>>exchange leads to #65. And concerning the 50 move rule: There are several >>>exceptions which allow more than 50 moves to mate. Your example with KRB<->KR is >>>one of the exceptions IIRC. >> >>Under the current FIDE rules of chess, there are NO exceptions to the 50 move >>rule. > > >Wow, high degree of ignorance. FIDE sucks then. Even German rules contain these >exceptions, or are there also new rules? >To ignore that there are endgames with mate or catching pieces in >50 moves >makes FIDE also out of real life like the Catholic Church and the Pope (although >they do not have much in common with chess). > >I'd never have supposed that. FIDE used to make exceptions. The human participants decided that extending such difficult-to-win games would only delay starting the next round in addition to tiring out the two participants. So FIDE revoked all the exceptions and made the 50 move rule absolute once again.
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