Author: Odd Gunnar Malin
Date: 06:15:26 01/31/02
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On January 31, 2002 at 08:50:35, Albert Silver wrote: >That does bring up a question though regarding the laws of chess, which I think >I will submit to FIDE. The question is this: I know (unless the rule changed) >that if a player announces a definite mate in N before the time control though >he doesn't make the time control, the mate, if confirmed, is what stands and not >the clock. I wonder how an announced mate would affect the 50-move rule. For the >moment it can't AFAIK, and of course FIDE never expected to have to deal with an >announced mate going beyond the 50-move rule, still it is worth mentioning. They >may not allow computers in FIDE events theoretically, but the condition could >theoretically happen with a human (such as from those guys who memorize phone >books) so what then? This rule was new for me, I have only been playing in 12 year, so I looked it up: <quote> 5.1 a) The game is won by the player who has checkmated his opponent's king. This immediately ends the game, provided that the move producing the checkmate position was a legal move. b) The game is won by the player whose opponent declares he resigns. This immediately ends the game. 5.2 a) The game is drawn when the player to move has no legal move and his king is not in check. The game is said to end in 'stalemate'. This immediately ends the game, provided that the move producing the stalemate position was legal. b) The game is drawn when a position has arisen in which neither player can checkmate the opponent's king with any series of legal moves. The game is said to end in a 'dead position'. This immediately ends the game, provided that the move producing the position was legal. c) The game is drawn upon agreement between the two players during the game. This immediately ends the game. (See Article 9.1) 6.10 Except where Articles 5.1 or one of the Articles 5.2 (a), (b) and (c) apply, if a player does not complete the prescribed number of moves in the allotted time, the game is lost by the player. However, the game is drawn, if the position is such that the opponent cannot checkmate the player's king by any possible series of legal moves, even with the most unskilled counterplay. </quote> I don't find anything about announcing a mate have something to do with it. Odd Gunnar
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