10 Nov '21 16:56>
I am going to mention ongoing games in my next blog after seeing the 50 move
rule being used in a recent David Howell game (very rare at top level chess).
Some lads here have played 80+ moves repeating positions till they
either agreed a draw or one of them discovered the 'claim draw' button.
In the real world an arbiter can step in and stop the game after 75
moves with no pawn move or a capture and declare it a draw.
I think Russ is going to make this so with the next update so no more marathon games.
Site Suggestion. (possibly already suggested elsewhere.)
Maybe make the 'claim draw' button 'flash' when it is an option as
it would appear players have missed it. see Thread 190968
where a draw has just now, finally, been claimed.
rule being used in a recent David Howell game (very rare at top level chess).
Some lads here have played 80+ moves repeating positions till they
either agreed a draw or one of them discovered the 'claim draw' button.
In the real world an arbiter can step in and stop the game after 75
moves with no pawn move or a capture and declare it a draw.
I think Russ is going to make this so with the next update so no more marathon games.
Site Suggestion. (possibly already suggested elsewhere.)
Maybe make the 'claim draw' button 'flash' when it is an option as
it would appear players have missed it. see Thread 190968
where a draw has just now, finally, been claimed.