Yes, definitely. I hadn't remembered that one. You could have much longer chains with the 3 fold repetition rule alone though. I guess both together potentially

Yes, definitely. I hadn't remembered that one. You could have much longer chains with the 3 fold repetition rule alone though. I guess both together potentially make it easier on the players and arbiters It seems the 50 move rule is probably older according to Wikipedia (1800s vs 1500s), which is kind of surprising to me, I would have expected the other way around. It's easier to keep track of "moves since last capture/pawn advance" than every board position played so far. Maybe just in theory not in practice. I am a terrible chess player.