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No it shouldn’t. Move history has to be encoded so draw by threefold / fivefold repetition and fifty moves / seventy five moves can be claimed / detected.
by ummonk 2y ago
No it shouldn’t. Move history has to be encoded so draw by threefold / fivefold repetition and fifty moves / seventy five moves can be claimed / detected.
- Sesse__ 2y agoThe half-move counter in the FEN takes care of the 50/75 move rule. You do need the history if you want to implement the threefold/fivefold repetition rule, but it's rare that it is actually relevant for e.g. a chess engine's strength.