Author: Jim Bell
Date: 05:27:48 05/17/01
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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 Apparently the version of the FIDE rules which I downloaded last year are obsolete, as the corresponding Article number has changed, and the law itself is different: previously, a player could claim a draw just BEFORE making his/her/its 50th "no progress" move. The pertinent text is: "9.3. The game is drawn, upon a correct claim by the player having the move, if (a) he writes on his scoresheet, and declares to the arbiter his intention to make a move which shall result in the last 50 moves having been made by each player without the movement of any pawn and without the capture of any piece, or (b) the last 50 consecutive moves have been made by each player without the movement of any pawn and without the capture of any piece." I don't remember from where I downloaded this version of the rules. Can anyone point me to a website which maintains a current version of "The FIDE Laws of Chess"? I couldn't find them on www.fide.com (maybe I overlooked them!?). I found several versions with a search engine, but I don't know if they are current. Thanks in advance, Jim
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