A player isn't winning if their opponent can force a threefold repetition of position or another perpetual check. In other words, despite being ahead in material (and time on the clock, in your case), they blundered their win away by allowing a drawing resource.
If you put that position into an engine, it would evaluate the position as 0.0 - dead drawn (unless white had an even better tactic that would make them winning).
Hi all,
Been trying to find an answer for a debate that a friend and I are having over a friendly chess match, and could use an arbiter on the debate.
Please forgive my lack of knowledge on chess positions and the like, I will do the best I can. This was a timed match, black was up on time by a good minute (maybe more). Black was ahead on points as well. White only had a queen, black had a queen, knight and rook. (Didn't count the pawns sorry)
Black King was at g8. Black rook was at f8. h8 was clear. Black pawns at f7 and h7. g7 pawn was already captured.
White moved his queen to g5, putting Black King in check. No way to block, Black king could only move to h8. White moves his queen to f6, no danger to queen, no piece to block. Black is only able move back to g8. White continues to move back and forth from g5 to f6, forcing Black to move.
White then states, that the match is a forced draw, due to threefold repetition, if not 50-move rule at the most.
Personally, I don't think this is right. I think White could make other moves, so forcing the winning player (at that moment in time, by points and time) into a threefold repetition draw doesn't sound right. So I want to know, would White's claim fail? Can he force a draw in this way?
I would say no, seeing White had other moves he could make, (and maybe violating Section 9.3.1 of the FIDE rulebook?) but I'm not an expert. Could use some expert/arbiter advice.
Thank you for your time.