Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 18:56:42 11/30/03
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On November 30, 2003 at 17:20:14, Gerd Isenberg wrote: >On November 30, 2003 at 16:37:17, Dieter Buerssner wrote: > >>On November 30, 2003 at 13:57:19, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On November 30, 2003 at 13:22:20, Dieter Buerssner wrote: >>>>Note, we first see the move, and then the info: "game drawn", which can easily >>>>be interpreted as not correct. >>> >>>No it can't. Because to play a game of chess, you are required to _move_ the >>>pieces, and _press_ the clock. That is why humans have "blind rules" for a >>>player that can't see. And the rules explain this very clearly. If the >>>draw is a repetition before the move is played, >> >>I am not sure, you read my post carefully. Neither do I find any indication in >>the FIDE chess rules, that would support your point. I looked at: >>http://www.fide.com/official/handbook.asp?level=EE101 >> >>There I find: >>--- >>9.2 The game is drawn, upon a correct claim by the player having the move, when >>the same position, for at least the third time (not necessarily by sequential >>repetition of moves) >> >>a) is about to appear, if he first writes his move on his scoresheet and >>declares to the arbiter his intention to make this move, or >> >>b) has just appeared, and the player claiming the draw has the move. > > >Hi Dieter, > >Isn't b) redundant? > >I mean if you have already a 3-fold repetition where your opponont didn't claim >a draw before, doesn't that imply that you can force another 3-fold repetition? > No. It is possible that the position _before_ you move has been repeated, but any move by you doesn't repeat a prior position. Try it with rooks on the 7th to see what I mean. I got burned by this and had to put special code into main.c to check for a repetition after my opponent has moved, then after I find my best move... >A i see, a rule for humans ;-) > >I have only implemented rule a). > >Cheers, >Gerd > ><snip>
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