How do you make claims in Correspondence Chess on chess.com?

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ThrillerFan

For Correspondence Games - like this one is 7 days per move - How do you make a claim?  I have a game with a myriad of instances of 2-fold repetition (2 instances of the same position with the same player to move with that player having the same legal options).  Game has been a dead draw for ever.  Eventually he's going to run out of moves that avoid 3-fold or hit 50 moves.  When I am about to make that 50th move OR make a move that creates a 3-fold, do I submit the move, hurry back to the game, and click offer draw, and it will claim instead of offer automatically?  Or is there something else I have to do?  Haven't had 3-fold in correspondence on here before.

Martin_Stahl

It's been a while since I have dealt with it but you should get a claim draw link. I think the main issue that crops up is if your opponent has a conditional move set at that time (for triple repetition) which will fire before the link is available.

https://support.chess.com/customer/portal/articles/1444798-how-do-i-claim-a-draw-

woton

I've found in Live-Chess that if my move will make the third repetition or 50 moves, I can click on the offer draw button and when I make my move, a draw is declared.  On-line chess may be programed the same way.

Note:  I discovered this when one of my opponents was using pre-moves to stop me from claiming a draw after the position had been repeated.  For the heck of it, I clicked on the offer draw button before I made my move.

MSC157

When you repeat the position 3 times, "Offer draw" button become "Claim draw". I guess it's the same for 50-move rule.

ThrillerFan

Thanks for the link there Martin_Stahl.  Of course, now that he realizes that it's dead drawn, and that I'm not going to fall for any cheapos, he's stalling.  What a Jerk!