Author: Chessfun
Date: 14:35:17 12/13/99
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On December 13, 1999 at 17:30:29, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: >On December 13, 1999 at 16:54:32, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On December 13, 1999 at 15:29:59, Chessfun wrote: >> >>>On December 13, 1999 at 15:21:47, James B. Shearer wrote: >>> >>>> I won two games on time vrs Chesspartner on FICS yesterday because of >>>>some sort of bug in the three time rep code. In both cases, in positions which >>>>either were or were about to be three time reps, Chesspartner simply stopped >>>>moving and eventually lost on time. >>>> I believe you have to request a three time rep draw, it is not >>>>automatically granted by the server. >>>> James B. Shearer >>> >>> >>>Was this as fever ?, if yes I have those games normally with the three fold rep >>>the server I think calls it, I thought those two games were strange that >>>chesspartner lost on time. >>>Thanks. >> >> >>The server doesn't call it, because it would violate the rules of chess. The >>side repeating the position for the 3rd does not _have_ to claim a draw, any >>more than the side making the last move to satisfy the 50-move rule draw has to >>claim a draw... it is optional. If you want a 3-fold rep draw, or a 50-move >>rule draw, you have to send "draw" after repeating the position... > > That is not following the rules either (but of course the servers can implement >the rules in a way which is convenient for them, even if they differ from >regular tournament practice). > If the position is to be repeated for the third time after you making your >move, the correct procedure to claim the draw is: >1. Write down your move in your score sheet. >2. Claim the draw (without making the move over the board!). > If the claim is invalid, you are forced to make the move you have written down, >and in any case it is part of the game. > Claiming the draw is optional, but by making the move over the board you are >implicitly choosing to not claim the draw, leaving that choice for your >opponent. > If the position has just repeated three times and it is your turn to move, you >can claim the draw. > The general policy is that only the player who has the move on the board can >claim the draw. >José. I believe you are totally correct. 1) and 2) Is a little hard on a server however.:) I always thought the server called it after the third rep. As noted by Dr. Hyatt and yourself I stand corrected. Thanks.
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