Author: Charles Milton Ling
Date: 16:03:31 07/15/99
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On July 15, 1999 at 05:21:02, Bill Gletsos wrote: >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. Thanks for the correction! I apologize for my error, probably based on a vague memory of an earlier version of the FIDE rules. I shall be more cautious in the future. Charley
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