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Subject: Re: draw by insufficient material

Author: Dieter Buerssner

Date: 16:04:54 11/17/04

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On November 17, 2004 at 16:02:32, Robert Hyatt wrote:

> Neither side can
>_force_ checkmate here.

It is not a *force* mate rule, it is rather a help mate rule. If neither side -
even with the help of the opponent - can construct a mate, it is draw. Some
examples were given in this discussion already. I have not seen the blocked
positions mentioned yet, like

[D]k7/8/8/p2p2p1/P2P2P1/8/8/K7 w - -

Actually one might conside the subject of this thread chosen wrong. There is no
explicit "insufficient material rule" inside the FIDE chess rules.

Regards,
Dieter




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