Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 14:11:21 10/04/01
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On October 04, 2001 at 16:56:23, Ralf Poschmann wrote: >My friend had in a tournament an endgame with two bishops against one knight. >He tried to win this game, but after 50 moves it was a draw by the Fide rules. >Is this rule also true in computer games, even if both computers use tablebases >and can see the win of one part after more than 50 moves ? >Thank you >Ralf Poschmann Computers can definitely see mates where no pawns or moved nor pieces captured within 50 moves, and the mate goes beyond that limit. There are lots of such cases. However, in a real game, the computer would announce mate in 75, and after 50 moves have elapsed, the opponent can technically and legally claim a draw if no pawn has been pushed nor piece captured. for a while, FIDE extended the 50-move rule for some endings. Then they rescinded the changes and the 50-move rule is now absolute again.
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