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Automatic or claimed draws?

Automatic or claimed draws?

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On RHP when the same position occurs three times, or when there are 50 moves without a pawn move, or there is insufficient material to win, is it an automatic draw (i.e., the game automatically ends) or does the player have to claim it?

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In the past yes. I had a game where I thought it was a 3 move draw but wasn't. I later found out that I needed to claim this.

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3x position or 50 move situation must be claimed because either/both players may want to play on. Lack of material (KvK, etc) might be picked up by the RHP computer, but I'm not sure about that.