Lots of people are taught the game incorrectly or have forgotten specific rules and just guess. It doesn't require nefarious intent.
21 move rule.
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Sep 1, 2019
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#23
Was there a tournament rule that stated no draws by agreement before the 21st move? That would prevent early draws. If so, it would be irrelevant to your situation- but could explain why he would mention a 21 move rule, and why one would exist. People in OTB games try all kinds of non chess tricks to rattle opponents. I’ve had people try similar, partly to interrupt the flow of the game, and break your concentration
Sep 1, 2019
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#26
Lots of people are taught the game incorrectly or have forgotten specific rules and just guess. It doesn't require nefarious intent.
Waredude wrote:
Please help! I am organizing a chess club, and my first game I played my opponent said it is a draw because of the 21 move rule what is this? He looked it up and it said it was a real thing! I only know about the 50 move rule. There is no way I can win with p+k vs k if there is a 21 move rule. I was very close to checkmate btw.😔
your enemie is stupids
Monie49 wrote:
No such rule as 21 move.
yea
enemy lie 🤥
Years and years ago, when I played in a High School league, we knew of the 50 move rule, but the League's chess-team advisers, imposed a "25 move rule" on league play to insure that games would be completed before the last bus left! This was way before digital chess clocks, and SD time limits. Yes, it was all screwed up, but not as badly as the "21 move rule."
Uncle_Bent wrote:
Years and years ago, when I played in a High School league, we knew of the 50 move rule, but the League's chess-team advisers, imposed a "25 move rule" on league play to insure that games would be completed before the last bus left! This was way before digital chess clocks, and SD time limits. Yes, it was all screwed up, but not as badly as the "21 move rule."
yup--your right!!!!!
Sep 1, 2019
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#31
It's the Fizbin variant!! (Old Star Trek TV show reference).
21 rule: on Wednesdays, at night, when the date is an odd number . . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DeIExLcURQ
Sep 1, 2019
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#32
The 21 move rule is if you're trying to mate a lone King and your opponent has played 29 moves, then he's only got 21 left. 
AussieRookie wrote:
The 21 move rule is if you're trying to mate a lone King and your opponent has played 29 moves, then he's only got 21 left.no
no......
theres only the 50 rule.
u can mate in under 19 moves.its not true [21].
Sep 1, 2019
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#35
I have heard in prisons there is a 13 move rule. (If one side no longer has any pieces left besides his king, the other side must mate within 13 moves, or it is a draw.)
Never heard of a 21 move rule, though.
hi
varelse1 wrote:
I have heard in prisons there is a 13 move rule. (If one side no longer has any pieces left besides his king, the other side must mate within 13 moves, or it is a draw.)
Never heard of a 21 move rule, though.
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and no 13.boom.yes a say
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COS THERE'S A FEW ONLY 50
Waredude wrote:
Please help! I am organizing a chess club, and my first game I played my opponent said it is a draw because of the 21 move rule what is this? He looked it up and it said it was a real thing! I only know about the 50 move rule. There is no way I can win with p+k vs k if there is a 21 move rule. I was very close to checkmate btw.😔
Well,yo.if its the case,no K+P VS. K so no 21 move rule.
Jan 31, 2023
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#39
HorribleTomato wrote:
Are you SURE it was a check?
It is stalemate
DamonevicSmithlov - I learned the rule from a psychiatrist when I was 8. *shrug* Maybe he was an ex-con, who knows?