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Subject: Re: Is Crafty correct to claim this a draw? (50 move rule)

Author: Mike S.

Date: 16:34:31 05/24/02

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On May 24, 2002 at 19:15:31, Ferdinand S. Mosca wrote:

>A setup game between the new Crafty and EngineX. Crafty is mated on the 50th
>move (after last capture of EngineX) of EngineX. Played under winboard, the
>game result was a draw. Is this really a Draw?

No... it's the 50th move (ply 100 after the last capture), but checkmate
immediatly ends the game (article 5.1), so Black has won. The result entry
1/2-1/2 is wrong.

Regards,
M.Scheidl


P.S.: The official text of the FIDE Laws Of Chess:
http://handbook.fide.com/handbook.cgi?level=E&level=E1&level=01&



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