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Subject: Question about 50 moves rule

Author: Martin Giepmans

Date: 10:11:22 02/02/03



The Fide rules of 1997 state that the player having the move can
claim a draw if "the last 50 consecutive moves have been made by each
player without the movement of any pawn and without the capture of
any piece".
Till now I have always assumed that there is one exception: the player
having the move cannot claim a draw if his/her/its king is checkmated.
But the Fide rules don't say anything about checkmate.
So it's always draw, checkmate or not?

Martin




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