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Subject: Re: How long is the longest game...

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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