I'm in an endgame where we've been repeating the same 3 positions for the last 30 moves. I offered a draw a long time ago. I asked the other player if they were going for some obscure record (like longest game on rhp?) -- no response.
Being a bit nerdy, I can keep up my end as long as they do.
But I'm curious that rhp itself doesn't detect draw by repetition. For anyone with morbid curiosity, the game is:
Game 14588468. For those without: I've got a bishop+2 pawns vs a rook, but there's no hope of advancement.
Our ratings are within 30 pts of one another.
@mischas saidYou can "claim draw". No need for the opponent to agree. if you are in a position that has repeated three times it will be effected. If not the claim will just go into void.
I'm in an endgame where we've been repeating the same 3 positions for the last 30 moves. I offered a draw a long time ago. I asked the other player if they were going for some obscure record (like longest game on rhp?) -- no response.
Being a bit nerdy, I can keep up my end as long as they do.
But I'm curious that rhp itself doesn't detect draw by repetition. For anyone wit ...[text shortened]... pawns vs a rook, but there's no hope of advancement.
Our ratings are within 30 pts of one another.
This game is of course not yours, so no problem.
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Triple repetition is not an automatic draw OTB, either. It must be claimed. OTB, since 2014, quintuple repetition is a forced draw, as is 75 moves without capture or pawn moves. I do not know whether either rule applies to correspondence. At any rate, the 5-rep rule would be annoying to check by computer, but the 75-move one should be doable.
@shallow-blue saidquintuple detection shouldn't be much of a problem if the database would carry the FEN...you could just compare easily. (The FEN-data for each move could be deleted after finishing the game)
Triple repetition is not an automatic draw OTB, either. It must be claimed. OTB, since 2014, quintuple repetition is a forced draw, as is 75 moves without capture or pawn moves. I do not know whether either rule applies to correspondence. At any rate, the 5-rep rule would be annoying to check by computer, but the 75-move one should be doable.
