Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:14:20 03/19/03
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On March 19, 2003 at 14:00:33, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: >On March 19, 2003 at 13:46:06, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>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. Is it required >>>that the color to move is also the same? >>> >>>Best regards, >>>Bas. >> >>The rule says that when it is your move, you can claim a draw if the same >>position >>has occurred three times previously with _everything_ identical, or you can >>claim a >>draw if making a move would repeat a position for the third time with everything >>equal. IE you can claim a draw without moving, if the position has occurred >>three >>times with you on move, > >About the following case: > >>or you can say "I am going to play move XXX and I claim >>a draw by repetition as the position after that move will be the third >>repetition." > >As Ricardo pointed out, you should not only say which move you intend to play, >you must write it down in the scoresheet. If for some reason the draw claim is >not valid, then of course you are forced to make the move you wrote down. >José. Correct. And it also requires an up-to-date score sheet as well, of course, so that the arbiter can verify the claim.
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