Author: Günther Simon
Date: 05:35:40 09/01/04
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On September 01, 2004 at 07:48:55, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >The 2 rules I found at http://www.fide.com/official/handbook.asp?level=EE101 >are: > >9.3 The game is drawn, upon a correct claim by the player having the move, if > >a. he writes on his scoresheet, and declares to the arbiter his intention to >make a move which shall result in the last 50 moves having been made by each >player without the movement of any pawn and without the capture of any piece, or > >b. the last 50 consecutive moves have been made by each player without the >movement of any pawn and without the capture of any piece > >5.1 a. The game is won by the player who has checkmated his opponent's king. >This immediately ends the game, provided that the move producing the checkmate >position was a legal move. > > >The latter rule seems to indicate that the mate counts. Rule 9.3 seems to be >written in an unsatisfactory manner and I can see how an arbiter might easily >rule such a game as a draw. 9.3 should specifically state that mate on the 50th >move precludes a draw claim and counts as a win. Sorry you are missing an obvious point here. The rule 9.3 has no flaws, because you can only claim the draw 'when having the move'. The player who mates is the one who moves, after that it is over and you can shake hands... Of course no arbiter would ever doubt a given mate. Günther
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