Perpetual check

Originally posted by kopatov
Certificate of trolling awarded to wolfang59. 😀 He states he is "not a genius" but that should obviously read something closer to home.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Kopatov is correct!

(never thought I'd be typing that in this forum) 🙂 (a joke.)

It used to be, but it was taken out because that type of draw is covered
under the three fold rep law (or indeed the 50 move rule.)

Most (all) players OTB just agree a draw but in theory one player should
claim it is a draw by calling over the TC and showing hi ...[text shortened]... would be a 'Discovered Check' and that
type of check is not mention in the FIDE rules.

Originally posted by wolfgang59
Article 7 - IRREGULARITIES
7.6
All non-existing rules shall be excluded from the recorded E.I.01A. Laws of Chess but nevertheless remain in force.

Article 9 - THE DRAWN GAME
9.7
The game is drawn after perpetual check providing that
a. "check" is announced clearly each time and in both the language of the checkee and of the hosting nation.
b. ...[text shortened]... retentious idiots making condescending replies to lower ranked players with genuine questions.

A game can also be drawn by threefold repetition which is the same thing in principle, ie the same position arises 3 times during a game.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threefold_repetition