Can't post comments after draw by repetition

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rigamagician

In vote chess, after a game is automatically declared drawn by repetition, one can no longer post Team Comments.

http://www.chess.com/votechess/game.html?id=15171

Also, the draw was declared a half move after the third repetition rather than immediately.

TheGrobe

Draw by repetition isn't automatic -- one of the two sides has to claim it so that's probably why it didn't occur immediately.

rooperi
TheGrobe wrote:

Draw by repetition isn't automatic -- one of the two sides has to claim it so that's probably why it didn't occur immediately.


Agree with that, but you should still be able to post comments. I checked, you definitely can after draw by agreement.

rigamagician

White had the right to claim the draw after our move, but never got the chance.  It just showed up as a draw by repetition automatically.

TheGrobe

The other team likely claimed it.

rigamagician

They were even more shocked than we were.  They were trying to go for a new record of most moves in a vote chess game, but the automatic draw cut them off.  On the second last move, there were some votes on the white side to offer a draw, but they didn't reach fifty per cent, and then black's last move shows up in the game log, even though this is the move after the third repetition.  There is no record of them voting to claim a draw, and some of their members seemed a bit upset by the turn of events.

TheGrobe

Hmm, perhaps I'm mistaken about the application of that rule in Vote Chess, although I'd be really surprised to hear that it's not consistent with the rest of the site.

blackfirestorm
The not being able to post in game notes after the game this isn't the first time that has happened.
wilt18

I couldn't track the comments either. I was a bit upset because of repition, but I KNOW we didn't claim the draw.