Author: Bill Gletsos
Date: 02:21:02 07/15/99
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Article 9.6 of the current FIDE laws of chess states: "The game is drawn when a position is reached from which a checkmate cannot occur by any possible series of legal moves, even with the most unskilled play. This immediately ends the game. Therefore as soon at there are only 2 kings left the game is immediately drawn. Thus 5898 is the correct number.
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