The 50 move rule must be abolished!!!

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifty-move_rule

''The fifty-move rule in chess states that a player can claim a draw if no capture has been made and no pawn has been moved in the last fifty consecutive moves (fifty moves by each side). The intended reason for the rule is so that a player with no chance to win cannot be obstinate and play on indefinitely (Hooper & Whyld 1992), or seek a win purely due to an opponent's fatigue. All of the basic checkmates can be accomplished in well under fifty moves...''

Us Anti 50 move rulers would like u Pro 50 move rulers to come up with ideas/arguments of y the so called 50 move rule should be abolished.

first of all,why should we abolish it?

1)the last 50 consecutive moves have been made by each player without the movement of any pawn and without the capture of any piece.

well y should it be a draw?u cant make even 50 moves without being mated.

2)It should be a loss since youd be mated

pretty true...

3)Why shall it be a draw if u made 50 moves?

why???

Also, argue for a change!!!This stupid rule MUST be abolished!!!

Avatar of AndyClifton

Very well then, so it shall be!:

Avatar of Gm_andrewfeng

Mr Cliffton,y do u always post pictures,eh?

This is a serious topic!

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Why do you think pictures aren't serious?

Avatar of kco

Troll Alert ! troll is a troll.

Avatar of AndyClifton

Yes, but you do have to admit...he is a serious troll.

Avatar of kco

or a bloody stupid serious one.

Avatar of goldendog

Have we abolished the knight yet?

Because we should!

Avatar of AndyClifton

I'm afraid that's kinda like the baseball announcer saying:  "Boy, this game is just breezing by!...we'll be out of here in no time." Laughing

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goldendog wrote:

Have we abolished the knight yet?

Because we should!


Let's make em burros.

And we can make the bishops Episcopalians.

Avatar of goldendog

I'll need to see a chart for that....

Avatar of kco

oh god please not that ....

Avatar of wowiezowie

Yes!  Let's sit at the table forever and push our bloody kings around!

Avatar of RetGuvvie98

anyone for blueberry pancakes today ?

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goldendog wrote:

Have we abolished the knight yet?

Because we should!


I agree. It's sneeky and damned unenglish!

Avatar of Kingpatzer

For a serious answer, OP, consider that in time controls with increment or even a modest delay, these sorts of games might never end. How long would you have the players go at it? Just keep playing till someone dies of boredom?

Avatar of TheGrobe

I, for one, look forward to having to wait potentially hundreds of moves for three-fold repetition to arise in otherwise dead drawn positions my opponent refuses to abandon.

Or are we getting rid of that as well?

Avatar of Kingpatzer

That's going away as well. You have to either win, or wait for your opponent to die of old age, at which point you get the forfeit but no rating adjustment as the game did not conclude by normal means.

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kco wrote:

or a bloody stupid serious one.


me? OI!

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go back to the topic please