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Subject: Re: False draw claim?

Author: martin fierz

Date: 10:23:52 03/19/03

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On March 19, 2003 at 12:09:01, Bas Hamstra wrote:

>What is the official rule: as far as I know whenever the same position has
>actually occurred three times on the board, you can claim a draw.

slightly wrong: in tournament chess, you must claim the draw before making your
move which will lead to the same position for the 3rd time. after playing the
move you cannot claim the draw any more AFAIK.

cheers
  martin

> Is it required
>that the color to move is also the same?
>
>Best regards,
>Bas.



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