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Subject: Re: Language issue?

Author: Dieter Buerssner

Date: 14:51:07 02/13/05

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On February 13, 2005 at 09:24:06, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On February 13, 2005 at 02:56:53, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>There is one possible exception.
>>If the position is position when there is no possible win because it is a
>>blocked pawn endgame and the server does not know that it is a draw the result
>>should be a draw by the rules of chess even if the flag of one side fell.

>Can you quote me a FIDE rule that says that?

http://www.fide.com/official/handbook.asp?level=EE101

9.6  The game is drawn when a position is reached from which a checkmate cannot
occur by any possible series of legal moves, even with the most unskilled play.
This immediately ends the game.

Regards,
Dieter



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