Isn't an endless check should result in a draw?

Hi there,

I've just played a game on this site that should have been drawn because of the endless check or\and the threefold repetition, but for some reason it wasn't. So, eventually I lost it on time giving my opponent about 200+ checks in a row.

Why is that (i.e. why isn't that "threefold repetition\endless check" rule implemented on here)?

Thank you very much!

Typically endless draws are played to the death.

If the the three-fold repetition has occured then you have to click the draw button to claim the draw. The opponent has no say in the matter. However live chess wont automatically invoke the rule.

Well, I actually did it (clicked the button), but it wasn't accepted and the chess game turned into senseless the-one-who-click-mouse-faster-is-the--winner game :)

"The opponent has no say in the matter" 

Well, my example shows rather the opposite.

"However live chess wont automatically invoke the rule."

I see. Thank you for this clarification. But, this is just plain wrong, imho.

This is the way chess is played. It is your responsibility to identify and request a forced draw.

Can you post the game?

Never mind. I just found the game.

I'm pretty sure by move 50 you could have gotten a forced draw.

Endless check is not draw, but 50-move and threefold repetition are. You must claim the draw just like OTB.

              Its not the OP's playing; its more computer savy;  At the bottom right is "Request Draw".  In OTB, you would ask for a TD who would stop the clock and look.          Wait a minute!   I take that back. The OP's been here 3 yrs......??

Yeah, I looked at the game, There may have been a glitch, but, usually, after a few times(3 or more) of repitition you can force the draw, by clicking the draw button.

I've seen glitches before, more than once the clock wasn't working, and a game that I should have won continued endlessly, until we came to checkmate.  There are glitches but its pretty rare.

Thank you for the answer. But I'm not sure I understand what do you mean by "responsibility to identify and request a forced draw". Could you elaborate on that, please. That is, what is that supposed to mean, practically speaking? :)

The game is here: http://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=973540685

It is the players responsibility to know:

1. That there is a forced draw either by 3-fold repitition or the 50 move rule.

2. That the draw has to be claimed.

If you actually did try the draw button, it may not have taken due to one of the following:

1. There was not yet a 3-fold repitition.

2. The draw has to be claimed right before a 3-fold repetition move or right after. It is possible you clicked it and the move in question was not part of a 3-fold repetition. Not sure how this is implemented on CC.

Thank you. I didn't know that I have to count moves and claim draw at the right moment, i.e. when the 3-fold move occur.

Thank you very much for your detailed answer, kleelof.

Now it all starts making sense to me.

Thank you all very much for your answers and help!

                   Sorry Mr Lee,  didn't mean to offend.

Especially in bullet, where a clever opponent will toss out 200 moves rapidly without repeating the position three times.

It should have worked only on move 36 after the repetition first appeared on the board, at any any other time when a third repetition occured. But not "any time" after.

Claiming at the correct moment is an element of the rule. 

It should have worked only on move 36 after the repetition first appeared on the board, at any any other time when a third repetition occured. But not "any time" after.

Claiming at the correct moment is an element of the rule. 

Hard to cap natural talent.

Yeah, then we would have had his opponent on here going on about how people keep sending draw offers when they are losing.