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Claiming a draw


  • 10 months ago · Quote · #1

    Markle

     I was just wondering is there a way to claim a draw in live chess when the position is a dead draw and some idiot just keeps moving back and forth because he has more time then you so he can win on time and get a cheap win. It has happened to me a couple of times.

  • 10 months ago · Quote · #2

    DavidMertz1

  • 10 months ago · Quote · #3

    dom007

    Im not sure about that because it never happened to me. However, you should ask the support room staff about this.

  • 10 months ago · Quote · #4

    Markle


     Thanks, but that doesn't help when your opponent can keep moving his king to different squares in a dead locked positionto avoid three fold repitition, he is just trying to get a cheap win and there seems to be no way to stop it when you have less time

  • 10 months ago · Quote · #5

    DavidMertz1

    Yeah, I should have known that was what you meant, sorry.

    Not much else you can do, except maybe play games with increments.  Even 1 second is probably enough for you to hold on until you can claim by the 50 move rule.  

    If your opponent isn't running into the 3 move or 50 move rule, there's no good way the system can automatically say it's a draw.  In OTB you might have an arbiter, but that's not really feasable here.


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