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Subject: Re: FIDE chess laws

Author: Dieter Buerssner

Date: 14:33:41 06/18/04

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On June 18, 2004 at 17:29:43, Günther Simon wrote:

>*9.2  The game is drawn, upon a correct claim by the player having the move,
>when the same position, for at least the third time (not necessarily by
>sequential repetition of moves)
>
>is about to appear, if he first writes his move on his scoresheet and declares
>to the arbiter his intention to make this move, or
>
>has just appeared, and the player claiming the draw has the move.
>
>Positions as in (a) and (b) are considered the same, if the same player has the
>move, pieces of the same kind and colour occupy the same squares, and the
>possible moves of all the pieces of both players are the same.
>Positions are not the same if a pawn that could have been captured en passant
>can no longer be captured or if the right to castle has been changed temporarily
>or permanently.*

BTW. How can the right to castle change temporarily, when the position is the
same otherwise?

Regards,
Dieter



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