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Subject: Re: claiming a 3-fold repetition

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 13:09:56 12/01/03

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On December 01, 2003 at 16:02:36, Daniel Clausen wrote:

>On December 01, 2003 at 16:00:54, William H Rogers wrote:
>
>>I simply do not understand the problem. I thought that the three fold move was
>>used as an option for a side that was losing by enabling it to claim a draw.
>>I have never heard of it being a mandatory draw.
>>Bill
>
>Sure, you can simply play the move w/o sending the draw offer :) Sounds
>perfectly fine to me. Same goes for the 50-move rule. If neither side claims the
>draw, the game continues.
>
>Sargon


That is true, but you won't want your program to continue playing after
it has forced a 3 fold repetition, specially if it is losing by material or
positionally. This is necessary just in case you have a fanatic as an operator
who refuse to stop playing.

Jorge



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