http://www.chess.com/livechess/game.html?id=61071207
here is an example of live chess bugging out on three fold repetition... see moves 35 37 39... draw button was pushed before after and during move 39 - but no draw... to top things off... i lost as a result.
Did anyone try the method mentioned in the FAQ on this?
In correspondance chess, once your opponent has made 3 moves the same (or 50 move rule - no pieces captured in 50 moves), make your move, then submit the move, go back into the same game. Just below the notations box there will be text for you to click on that says "claim game".
Click on that to claim the draw by repetition.
Of course, I'm assuming the method hasn't changed and the FAQ entry isn't new.
Did anyone try the method mentioned in the FAQ on this?
In correspondance chess, once your opponent has made 3 moves the same (or 50 move rule - no pieces captured in 50 moves), make your move, then submit the move, go back into the same game. Just below the notations box there will be text for you to click on that says "claim game".
Click on that to claim the draw by repetition.
Of course, I'm assuming the method hasn't changed and the FAQ entry isn't new.
Well, just like in 3 fold, I expect this will work unless your opponent has a conditional move, or he can just get in a move before you claim.
I'm the 2nd best player in my new club. In the first official trophy tournament I played there, I reached 3/3 confidently, then won my next game in a tough manner to reach 4/4. Then I was paired up with the only other player with 4/4, the number 1 in the club (who had a 4 wins, 2 losses and 3 draws H2H score against me). I had lost my last 3 games against him and was feeling really tense (he had apparently prepared an "opening surprise" just for me). So you can imagine how astonished I was when he blundered his Queen for a pawn. I gave a rather loud yell of surprise ("YES!!"). Apart from that, I've never shouted during a Chess match. I don't even show emotion when I checkmate opponents.
Did anyone try the method mentioned in the FAQ on this?
In correspondance chess, once your opponent has made 3 moves the same (or 50 move rule - no pieces captured in 50 moves), make your move, then submit the move, go back into the same game. Just below the notations box there will be text for you to click on that says "claim game".
Click on that to claim the draw by repetition.
Of course, I'm assuming the method hasn't changed and the FAQ entry isn't new.
Well, just like in 3 fold, I expect this will work unless your opponent has a conditional move, or he can just get in a move before you claim.
Yeah, that's what I'm thinking too.
Actually, this example shows the code is incorrect in two ways. The position rooperi offered a draw in was the starting position, and had been reached 3 times. It is necessary to check that this is not merely a problem with this rather special case (no moves have been played to reach the starting position for the first time). But there is little doubt about the generality of the second valid draw claim, for the position after playing Nf3 the third time. Work to be done here.
rooperi, I would like to check the code in a similar way in live chess some time if you are available. My impression is that you can only claim the 3-fold repetition there after the position has been created by one player or the other. This is insufficient, as I stated.