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by continuously checking your opponent,
Originally posted by tim88Yes.
by continuously checking your opponent,
Originally posted by cadwahyeah that sounds fair enough, but on the other hand your opponent should also try and prevent this draw from happening I guess a lot of people would have split views on this
Yes.
I was going to leave it at that, but i'll expand on it. The only way to win a game is checkmate, sure people can resign if they feel that their position is hopeless or if they see checkmate coming through forced or unforced moves, but the only way to win is checkmate. Any legal moves that your opponent can play to prevent themselves getting beat are p ...[text shortened]... o this is checkmate.
Perpetual check is just as valid a draw as stalemate or the 50 move rule.
Originally posted by tim88Learn the rules already.
by continuously checking your opponent,
Originally posted by Shallow BlueI think i just did
Learn the rules already.
Yes, it's fair to draw by perpetual check.
Yes, it's fair to draw by threefold repetition.
Yes, it's fair to draw by stalemate.
Yes, it's fair to take a pawn en passant.
Yes, it's fair to move your rook through "check" when castling.
Learn the rules.
Richard
Originally posted by tim88Hi Tim,
by continuously checking your opponent,
Originally posted by Fat LadyPerhaps I should have included the words ...a draw with best play, as it can't be forced.😕
[pgn]
[Result "1-0"]
[FEN "8/5K1k/8/4N3/4N3/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
{--------------
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . K . k
. . . . . . . .
. . . . N . . .
. . . . N . . .
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
white to play
--------------}
1. Ng5+ Kh8 2. Ng6#
[/pgn]
The post that was quoted here has been removedJust replying to the Biel reference. I think the tournament placings are perfectly fair as all were aware of the rules before played started. Whether 3 points for a win actually encourages people to "go for it" is debatable in my opinion though ... I personally think it was rather more the case of the style/mentality of the players the organisers invited.