Repetition Draw

Hi, I was playing a friend who seems to think that he could claim a draw if he moves his king (or any other piece) back and forth to the same squares 3 moves in a row. Is this correct? I was reading about the repetition rule and am under the impression that it is only if all the pieces are in the same position for 3 moves (not necessarily one after the other) that you can claim a repetition draw. 

I would be happy to know because as soon as he's losing he starts to repeat his move which forces me to attack that square

Thanks, Aidan

Hi, just copy and paste this link into your friends chat window: http://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-rules--basics

It says the following:

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:

1. 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
2. The players may simply agree to a draw and stop playing
3. There are not enough pieces on the board to force a checkmate (example: a king and a bishop vs. a king)
4. A player declares a draw if the same exact position is repeated three times (though not necessarily three times in a row)
5. Fifty consecutive moves have been played where neither player has moved a pawn or captured a piece.

Thanks Rubenshein. That should give me quicker wins in future :)

There was this kid who got me in time trouble and then stopped taking notation when he had 20 minutes left.  He started blitzing me in a completely drawn rook ending and it ended up being three fold repetition.  But he said I could not prove it because there was no notation taken.  Still ended up fine.

KillaBeez: I think this is an ok tactic to try. I think when _either_ player goes below 5 minutes, you don't have to continue taking notation. The tradeoff is that your opponent also waives his right to make a 3-fold repetition claim.

I don't know the rules around claiming, for example, a perpetual check draw. I have the impression though that you're supposed to stop the clock and get an arbiter (TD) over to the board.

Anybody else know the answer?