50-move rule in chess.com
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Hi, everyone. I wanna ask whether the 50-move rule is implemented in chess.com (50 moves without a capture is a draw). A while back, I found myself in a drawn endgame, I had a rook and a pawn, my opponent only had a rook (my king was misplaced thus it's drawn). However, my shameless fink of an opponent refused to draw as they had one minute of time more than me. I eventually lost on time after 52 moves each, without my pawn being captured. I find this to be a bad flaw in the system. Am I missing something? What say you guys?
TheMeow wrote:
Hi, everyone. I wanna ask whether the 50-move rule is implemented in chess.com (50 moves without a capture is a draw). A while back, I found myself in a drawn endgame, I had a rook and a pawn, my opponent only had a rook (my king was misplaced thus it's drawn). However, my shameless fink of an opponent refused to draw as they had one minute of time more than me. I eventually lost on time after 52 moves each, without my pawn being captured. I find this to be a bad flaw in the system. Am I missing something? What say you guys?
Did you request a draw when you had over 50 moves? You should be able to claim a draw after 50 moves with no captures or pawn advances by clicking the draw button.
Apr 17, 2017
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The thing to remember about both the 50-move rule and the threefold repetition is that these draws must be claimed, they are not automatic.
To claim one of these draws on this site, the current position must meet the requirements**. At that point, the draw button functions as a claim, not an offer, and the game will end as the draw. Sometimes this means having to click on the draw button before your opponent gets a chance to make their move.
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Since you didn't mention it, the 50-move rule says that not only must there be no capture, but also no pawn moves. Since you say you had a pawn, if it moved at all, then the count gets reset.
Also, the requirements for a threefold are:
* Same position (not moves) occurring for at least the third time (i.e., a "snapshot" of the board looks the same, the moves used to get there are irrelevant)
* Castling privileges remain the same in each occurrance.
* En Passant being available the first time makes it a different position that later occurrances.
* Same side is on move each time (i.e., white to move is a different position that black to move, even if they otherwise look the same).
Thanks, peeps. That helps a lot. I've learned something new.
I totally didn't know about draw claims. That means that for the years I've been playing on chess.com, all my repetition draws were actually claimed by my opponents haha.
Apr 17, 2017
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universityofpawns wrote:
That's correct. Capturing a piece, or moving a pawn (which can't move backwards) shows that the game has changed in a meaningful way. So it's still a game.
But if you go 50 moves with nothing happening, it might just be pointless moves, and neither player is making progress.
But, there are cases where one player can force a win, but it take more than 50 moves. In the most extreme, there is a case where a checkmate can be forced in 546 moves. Check it here: 546 move forced mate.
