Author: Uri Blass
Date: 00:08:24 07/26/03
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On July 25, 2003 at 18:51:01, George Tsavdaris wrote: >On July 25, 2003 at 18:22:26, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On July 25, 2003 at 18:14:25, Ed Schröder wrote: >> >>>On July 25, 2003 at 17:50:21, Ernst Walet wrote: >>> >>>>This afternoon my account on the chessbase server played a game against Rebel >>>>12. To my astonishment Rebel missed a mate in one, and got mated right away. >>>>Any thoughts on this, Ed? >>> >>>Yes, I have. >>> >>>Rebel claims a draw (50 moves rule) after 151.Bd3 which is ignored by the >>>interface. >>> >>>Since blacks last pawn move is at move 101 is black allowed to make its 151th >>>move? It's no capture, neither a pawn move. >>> >>>If so I have a bug in Rebel of over 20 years :) >> >>Yes >>You have a bug. >> >>you cannot claim a draw after Bd3 because there were only 99 plies with no >>capture and no pawn move. >> >>You cannot claim a draw after the mate because a mate is the end of the game and >>if you need to decide between mate and 50 move rules than mate decide the result >>of the game. >> >>Uri >Can black claim a draw (stupid of course) before he make the move? Yes but it is better for black to win the game and not to claim a draw. Uri
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