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Subject: Re: Draw offer question

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 06:53:28 12/24/03

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On December 24, 2003 at 07:45:26, Rolf Tueschen wrote:

>On December 24, 2003 at 07:27:52, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On December 24, 2003 at 07:05:05, David Dory wrote:
>>
>>>In human (and computer) tournaments, am I correct in thinking that draws offers
>>>are made only after you make a move, and that your clock stops (and your
>>>opponents clock re-starts), while the opponent chooses to accept or decline your
>>>draw offer, when that offer is based on equality, not on the 50 move rule or 3
>>>fold repetition?
>>
>>No
>>
>>draw offers can be made before you make a move.
>>
>>offering a draw during the opponent move is not sportivic behaviour.
>>If you offer a move before you play the opponent can ask you to play a move
>>first and decide based on the move if to accpet the draw.
>>
>>The right way to offer a draw in human tournaments is to play a move on the
>>board say that you offer a draw and after saying it to press the clock.
>>
>>Uri
>
>
>All fine but in case of a 3-fold you stop the clock without playing a move,
>inform the TD that you have a 3-fold and only in the presence of the TD or after
>his ok you move. So it is totally different to what Zwanzger has done - he's
>allegedly a tournament player himself. He wanted to get rid of the draw because
>he wanted to throw the game, and this is a scandal.
>
>Rolf

I was not discussing about the case of 3 time repetition in my reply but about
offering a draw in case of equality.

Uri



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