Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 16:48:49 05/16/01
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On May 16, 2001 at 13:43:47, Alex Boby wrote: > I always understood that it was 50 half moves, but someone has recently >claimed that it is 50 full moves... > >Article 10.12: > >"The game is drawn when a player having the move claims a draw and demonstrates >that at least the last 50 consecutive moves have been made by each side without >the capture of any piece and without the movement of any pawn." > >This is a little ambiguous I think... > >Which is it? > >Alex 50 moves by each side. That doesn't mean 50 moves by one side and 49 by the other, by the way. The 50-move rule is a cause of interesting chess program bugs, like for instance some programs might not recognize mate on the 50th move. bruce
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