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19th January 2008, 02:59pm
#1
by mark422
Bronx, NY United States
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 107

Could anyone help me figure out how this game was a draw?

19th January 2008, 03:12pm
#2
by Tyrfing
Denmark
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 30

The sequence of moves doesn't matter, it's about if the position on the board is repeated exactly (including whose turn it is to move, en passant, castling possible etc.).

 

 See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threefold_repetition


19th January 2008, 03:35pm
#3
by depthshaman
United States
Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 280
benws, i think he was black, thats why. Anyway, It was a computer, why not back up a few moves, retreat your king, and pretend it didn't happen?
23rd January 2008, 05:05pm
#4
by mark422
Bronx, NY United States
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 107
Thank you all for helping me.
25th January 2008, 06:31am
#5
by ALLENWALKER
Singapore
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 226
Why a draw.
25th January 2008, 06:41am
#6
by silentfilmstar13
Medford, OR United States
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 2143
Read the posts before yours, Allen.
25th January 2008, 06:52am
#7
by lithium11
Wellington New Zealand
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 803

I thought to draw by repetition it had to be the exact same positions...
I learnt something today.
Thanks for posting :)

25th January 2008, 07:15am
#8
by neneko
Sweden
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 1747
It has to be the exact same position. Look at move 7,9 and 11
 

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