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Jun 13, 2009
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#3
Your opponent also must make the same moves; otherwise you can't claim a draw.
Occasionally chess games do not end with a winner, but with a draw. There are 5 reasons why a chess game may end in a draw:
- The position reaches a stalemate where it is one player’s turn to move, but his king is NOT in check and yet he does not have another legal move
- The players may simply agree to a draw and stop playing
- There are not enough pieces on the board to force a checkmate (example: a king and a bishop vs. a king)
- A player declares a draw if the same exact position is repeated three times (though not necessarily three times in a row)
- Fifty consecutive moves have been played where neither player has moved a pawn or captured a piece.
Not applicable here but additional information from Wikipedia "...for a position to be considered the same, each player must have the same set of legal moves each time, including the possible rights to castle and capture en passant"
Note that perpetual check isn't explicitly covered in the list. This is because while technically a draw, it must be claimed under 2, 4 or 5.
Incidentally, you really shouldn't ask for advice on an in progress game -- even something as innocuous seeming as this.
Jun 13, 2009
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#9
I resigned right after this. I had tried to go for the draw and once understanding the rule then the game was over. I wasnt trying to get a upper hand or anything like that. Thanks for the help.
Jul 16, 2009
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#10
I had thought that after 3 time repetition that the game is automatically a draw. I did not know a player had the option to claim it or not. I was just looking over a chess game in a tournament which lasted 125 moves and has all the pieces on the board in the same position 4 times consecutively due to moving back and forth, which made me wonder how the game was still going on after that.
I wonder if chess.com has draw by 3 time repetition, and if so how does it present the option to claim draw while in a game?
Can you get a draw on chess.com online (not live) play via 3 time repetition? Ive moved back and forth on the same spot now 4 times. I thought it would give me a option to 'claim draw', but nothing.