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vendentz

Hi I never post on forums here much but I can't seem to find any help when trying to look this up online for myself. I've been watching my boyfriend play chess for a while and as of recent there's been two instances where he's found himself in a draw by repetition. The only problem is the draw of repetition is supposed to be when three same moves are made by each opponent and in both occurrences it was only two same moves made, both of us are confused. Not sure if there's some rule we're both missing but I can't find anything about it online and he's not aware either, or if this is just flat out a bug. Here are the two games in question : https://www.chess.com/game/live/120850827933

https://www.chess.com/game/live/121014067227

Any help or explanation is greatly appreciated, thank you

Martin_Stahl
vendentz wrote:

Hi I never post on forums here much but I can't seem to find any help when trying to look this up online for myself. I've been watching my boyfriend play chess for a while and as of recent there's been two instances where he's found himself in a draw by repetition. The only problem is the draw of repetition is supposed to be when three same moves are made by each opponent and in both occurrences it was only two same moves made, both of us are confused. Not sure if there's some rule we're both missing but I can't find anything about it online and he's not aware either, or if this is just flat out a bug. Here are the two games in question : https://www.chess.com/game/live/120850827933

https://www.chess.com/game/live/121014067227

Any help or explanation is greatly appreciated, thank you

What matters is the position and not the moves used to get those positions or how far apart the positions are

https://support.chess.com/en/articles/8573042-i-got-a-draw-by-repetition-how-did-that-happen

If a game reaches the exact same position three or more times, with the same side to move each time, and all possible moves available in each position, then that's a draw. For live games here it's automatic. For Daily and OTB it would have to be claimed.

Martin_Stahl

In https://www.chess.com/game/live/120850827933 the position is the same after black moves 46, 48, and 50

In https://www.chess.com/game/live/121014067227 the position is the same after black moves 53, 55, and 57

vendentz
Martin_Stahl wrote:

In https://www.chess.com/game/live/120850827933 the position is the same after black moves 46, 48, and 50

In https://www.chess.com/game/live/121014067227 the position is the same after black moves 53, 55, and 57

Ohhh, haha sorry, I didn't read the part about it not needing to happen in succession. Thank you!