Lowest Winning FFA Score

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The lowest possible winning FFA score I would assume is 28 (3 way stalemate for 7, mate for 20, capture 1 pawn for 1 pt, and claim vs an opponent who only scored 7), but maybe its less, not sure.  I just won with 42 curious to know if anyone else has a winning score that is lower.

Avatar of timothythigpen

ok

Avatar of LiquidFyre

Wouldn't the lowest possible winning FFA score be 6 points? (1 point for capturing 1 pawn, 5 points for 3-fold repetition with 4 players, final score 6-5-5-5)

Avatar of boo128

I won with 36 once

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LiquidFyre wrote:

Wouldn't the lowest possible winning FFA score be 6 points? (1 point for capturing 1 pawn, 5 points for 3-fold repetition with 4 players, final score 6-5-5-5)

1. h2-h3 .. b7-c7 .. g13-g12 .. m8-l8
2. Bi1xc7 .. Ka7-b7 .. Kg14-g13 .. Kn8-m8
3. Kh1-h2 .. Kb7-a7 .. Kg13-g14 .. Km8-n8
4. Kh2-h1 .. Ka7-b7 .. Kg14-g13 .. Kn8-m8
5. Kh1-h2 .. Kb7-a7 .. Kg13-g14 .. Km8-n8
6. Kh2-h1 .. Ka7-b7 .. Kg14-g13 .. Kn8-m8
7. Kh1-h2

11 points, actually; but its still extremely low

Avatar of NoWellOkay

generally, you need at least 50 points to win (if you're lucky). 

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ChessMasterGS wrote:
LiquidFyre wrote:

Wouldn't the lowest possible winning FFA score be 6 points? (1 point for capturing 1 pawn, 5 points for 3-fold repetition with 4 players, final score 6-5-5-5)

1. h2-h3 .. b7-c7 .. g13-g12 .. m8-l8
2. Bi1xc7 .. Ka7-b7 .. Kg14-g13 .. Kn8-m8
3. Kh1-h2 .. Kb7-a7 .. Kg13-g14 .. Km8-n8
4. Kh2-h1 .. Ka7-b7 .. Kg14-g13 .. Kn8-m8
5. Kh1-h2 .. Kb7-a7 .. Kg13-g14 .. Km8-n8
6. Kh2-h1 .. Ka7-b7 .. Kg14-g13 .. Kn8-m8
7. Kh1-h2

11 points, actually; but its still extremely low

what is exactly the formula behind points assigned after repetitions? 10 for each king splitted between the numbers of active players?

Avatar of Brisingr_26

Not sure what the lowest score would be, but I just won an ffa game with a really high score. I had 120 points lol

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BradyF2 wrote:

Not sure what the lowest score would be, but I just won an ffa game with a really high score. I had 120 points lol

See comment https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/lowest-winning-ffa-score?page=1&newCommentCount=1#comment-80813543

Avatar of MuppetRobin

2 players resigning, the remaining player throwing all the pieces to the dead kings, your opponent making stalemate on 2 dead kings and then stalemate yourself, but maybe stalemate yourself right away idk. It's always 34 at the end idk how you get less than that 

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I see everyone has chosen to ignore my comment

Avatar of ronarid10
ChessMasterGS wrote:

I see everyone has chosen to ignore my comment

actually i asked on that comment, how the points after repetitions are given? anyway, now i try in a custom game by mylsef, i then will write here what i will find

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ok guys, i checked, when draw for repetition happens, it's always 10 points to each player, even if are 3 players (or 4 players, like chessmastergs said), so i can confirm 11 as the lowest winning score possible