Abusing Draw by Repetition - Does the Rule Need to be Reworked?

I thought all draws ended in 0 points applied to both players.

I'm not complainig about this. I was just confused because whenever I am at the start of a game, it tells me my opponents rating, my rating, and always says +0 for draw and the the + number to gain if I win based on the difference of our ratings. So I was just confused what the rule was why under the circumstances that I described I lost 1 point when it says draws are +0.

3 fold repetition is honestly the most absurd rule to argue against being a draw,

Picture this:
You're winning by 5-10 points. Your queen, knight and bishop are in a dominant position, and you are the clear favorite to win the game. In fact, you are mere moves away from checkmating your opponent. Your opponent then moves their knight back and forth between the same two squares, threatening your queen. You don't want to lose material (specifically the queen) and you don't want to lose the dominant position, so you move your queen to safety where it continues to protect your other pieces whilst also being in a position to work in conjunction with other pieces that you plan to advance on the next move (sound chess as far as I'm concerned). You could move many other pieces, but if you do then you will lose your queen. Suddenly you lose elo because of a repetition draw. In certain situations, this just seems absolutely ridiculous to me.
The repetition rule is, without a doubt, intended to draw games where there are no legitimate/valid moves for either player (a figurative but not literal stalemate). In reality however, players can abuse this rule in certain situations to essentially pull a fast one on you the second they are at a disadvantage. Instead of promoting the true purpose of the rule, I feel like it just promotes charlatan-like behavior.
I would really like to see this rule reworked in the future to include four or five repetitions instead of just three. Three just doesn't seem like enough because, in my opinion, it is important to give players the option to move back and forth at least twice to see how their opponent will react. Put another way, it would give players an opportunity to see whether their opponent is going to continue repeating their move, or to make a different move. If both players keep making the same move over and over, then obviously a repetition draw makes sense. But how can we ever "test" our opponents to see if they will make a different move at all if after the second repetition your opponent holds the power to force the draw? The way the rule is designed in its current state does not allow for this opportunity, and if you ever decide to move a piece back to its previous position and then back again (because it is once again safe to do so), you're potentially putting yourself at risk of losing elo because of a repetition draw. This is especially true and frustrating against players who have a lower rating than you because it basically rewards them and punishes you for being in, arguably, a losing or (at best) equal position when compared to you.
Anyways, my rant is over now. Cue the comments blasting me for either not knowing the rules or having the same access/use of the rules as everyone else does. In any event, I urge you to consider the morality, purpose, and practicality of the draw by repetition rule.

3 fold repetition is honestly the most absurd rule to argue against being a draw, every other draw has highly illogical, but yet some shreds of reasoning of why one could try to argue shouldn't be a draw. Like make insufficient mating material a win for who has more material, make stalemate a win for the stalemating side, remove 50 move rule due to endgame tablebases finding 200 move wins, abolish draw by agreement..etc, but there is literally not one shred of reasoning to even try to argue repetition shouldn't be a draw. By definition it is the game endlessly not progressing. 0 basis whatsoever for arguing one of the sides should "win". It's the most drawish draw you can have. "Abusing 3 fold repetition" is like saying it's unfair that my opponent is making legal moves checking my king all around the board not giving me anytime to checkmate him! 🤣🤣🤣

This topic was made by a confused beginner, 3 years ago. There was absolutely no reason for you to resurrect it from the dead.

This topic was made by a confused beginner, 3 years ago. There was absolutely no reason for you to resurrect it from the dead.

Not sure why this thread was in my notifications when the last post was a year ago, my bad.

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