Author: Richard Pijl
Date: 15:45:53 07/12/02
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On July 12, 2002 at 11:52:13, Dan Wulff wrote: >>> I play white, you play black. The game goes: 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. Ng1 Ng8 3. Nf3 Nf6 >>>4. Ng1 Ng8 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Ng1 Ng8 7. Nf3 Nf6 ... It's perfectly legal because 3rd >>>repetition must be claimed by the players. In this game, either you or me can >>>claim draw by third repetition whenever we want, with or without making a move, >>>because there have been some positions (4 in this case) repeated 3 or more >>>times. >>> I'm 100% sure about this point. >>> >>You're right. Either something changed in the rules over time or my memory is >>failing me ;-). From the FIDE rules: >> >>'9.2 The game is drawn, upon a correct claim by the player having the move, when >>the same position, for at least the third time (no necessarily by sequential >>repetition of moves) >>a) is about to appear, if he first writes his move on his scoresheet and >>declares to the arbiter his intention to make this move, or >>b) has just appeard, and the player claiming the draw has the move. >> >>Positions as in (a) and (b) are considered the same, if the same player has the >>move, pieces of the same kind and colour occupy the same squares, and the >>possible moves of all the pieces of both players are the same. >>Positions are not the same if a pawn that could have been captured en passant >>can no longer be captured or if the right to castle has been changed temporarily >>or permanently.' > >You are wrong........ Read the above again: "is about to appear" or "has just >appeared". This implies that you CANNOT claim the draw if you play on from the >3rd repetition, and for example claim a draw ten moves later. > Hi, He said 'in this game' where in that special case the conditions were satisfied on any move (after 4.Ng1) as all positions occurred for at least three times ... :) When you had your chance of claiming a draw, it's over until it happens again. >Greetings > >Dan Wulff >(The Gandalf Team)
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