Originally posted by trev33You can talk in bold all you like. You're busted. And whether you or I think it's fine or not is irrelevant: it's none of our business.
get your facts straight. i had a better position in that game than i did in our other game at the time i offered the draw because i didn't know what to do in the position other that to trade off and end up getting a draw anyway, thus saving myself time to concentrate on the other game. plus my position still isn't that great in the other game, no more than a ...[text shortened]... r a double draw after 4 moves in a tournament in the hope of getting both players to advance?
Originally posted by trev33Yes; but the point is, it is certainly false to say that no game is drawn before 20 moves are played.
obivously forced draws would still come into affect regardless of the number of moves played.
Another example: Game 5084296
Not many opponents play the Berlin against me [at least, not until I was rated high enough to face 2000+ players], and I was unable to find a way to steer out of this drawish line in time. At the end, neither side has any substantial weaknesses. The position is objectively equal [Steinitz and Zukertort drew it over 100 years ago].