Author: William H Rogers
Date: 13:27:47 12/01/03
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On December 01, 2003 at 16:20:54, Robert Hyatt 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 > > >It is not mandatory. If either (a) the position before my move has occurred >three times with me to move, or (b) the position after my move has occurred >three times with my opponent to move, I can claim a 3-fold repetition draw, if >I choose to, or I can move. Of course, if I move with the intent of not wanting >a repetition draw, I had better move something that creates a position that has >not been seen twice before or my opponent will have the option of claiming the >draw as well. That is exactly what I thought the rules said. My own chess program has made the three moves simply because it could not search deep enough. Once the opponent made a different move then it got out of its rut. I did put in some penalty points to keep it from repeating its last move. Bill
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