> 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

> 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.