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Often in tournament chess you cannot offer a draw for the first 10 moves. However a 3-fold repetition is automatically a draw. The idea is to try and provoke g
by icen 6y ago
Often in tournament chess you cannot offer a draw for the first 10 moves. However a 3-fold repetition is automatically a draw.
The idea is to try and provoke games happening, even if the players come to the table wanting a draw (someone can still botch their opening!). Ultimately though, if GMs want a draw, they'll get it.
- irishsultan 6y ago> However a 3-fold repetition is automatically a draw. This is somewhat pedantic, but 3-fold repetition is not automatically a draw (at least not according to FIDE rules). A 3-fold repetition allows either player to claim a draw, but it doesn't allow an arbiter to declare a draw if neither player claims it. Only a 5-fold repetition allows someone other than the players to declare a draw.