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| Posted by cprice404 uskidscompute.com 8/28/2002 08:29:39 |  Subject: "repetition" drawMessage: ARGH! I am angry right now... I just learned (the hard way) about a rule of either chess in general or this site in particular... the "threefold repetition draw"... I was playing a game (board #315345) as black. In the endgame, I had my queen and 4 pawns remaining, while my opponent had his queen and 3 pawns. I was able to advance one of my pawns all the way to the 2nd-to-last rank, so that advancing it one more square would promote it and virtually assure me a victory. At this point in time, my opponent began repeatedly putting my king in check with his queen. Even though the checks were harmless and posed no significant threat of mate, he continued to move his queen around and put me in check so that I could not promote my pawn. After a certain number of repetitions of this, I suppose my king and his queen had ended up in the same positions 3 times, and gameknot ended the game as a draw. I have never been so angry and disappointed at the outcome of a game. I worked very diligently to gain myself an advantage in the endgame, playing as black as well. And then as soon as I had the game "wrapped up", my opponent was able to use a loophole to deny me the victory that I had (IMO) rightfully earned!!! Is this a common rule of chess? Is it always a forced draw? I should think that the two sides would have to agree on ending the game as a draw. I think that is a very, very cheap and underhanded way to escape from a game that should rightfully have been a loss. just my two cents... |
| Posted by victord uskidscompute.com 8/28/2002 08:49:08 | ...---... Message: Well...now you know. I've done simular, once had a massive material advantage and allowed stalemate. Look at it this way..it's a lession you'll not forget! Those are the ones you remember. BTW..nice play with your Rooks there in the middlegame. Regards victord |
| Posted by cprice404 uskidscompute.com 8/28/2002 08:59:13 | sigh... Message: yeah I guess so... I definitely won't forget it... so technically there is no way I could have avoided a draw once he started putting me in check, is there? as long as he kept positioning his queen in such a way to keep my king on the last rank, and kept putting me in check repeatedly, it was inevitable that eventually we would have a threefold repetition... correct? therefore the correct way for me to have avoided this situation would have been to keep my queen active and not allow her to be blocked off by my pawn? just trying to learn from my mistakes... thanks for any comments (thanks victor!) ——— Bobby Fischer, Cold Warrior of the Chessboard — Bobby Fischer was born today in 1943. Here are 43 facts you might not know about him and the "Match of the Century" that made him famous. 1. Robert James “Bobby” Fischer was born in Chicago on this day 1943. He grew up in Brooklyn. 2. Boris Spassky was six years older and hailed from Leningrad. 3. In the USSR, chess was state-subsidized, with the best chess players being awarded generous grants and becoming national heroes. 4. The Soviets dominated international chess, winning 24 consecutive world championship titles. 5. Largely indifferent to chess, the U.S. had only ever had one world chess champion, Wilhelm Steinitz, a naturalized citizen who won in 1888. ... |
| Posted by brunetti uskidscompute.com 8/28/2002 09:00:54 | Yes it's a standard rule Message: Check here the full laws of chess: handbook.fide.com/handbook.cgi?level=E&level=E1&level=01& "The game may be drawn if any identical position is about to appear or has appeared on the chessboard at least three times." The position in your game is a clear draw, even if that rule didn't exist: how can you promote your pawn? If the rule doesn't exists, after 50 checks of your opponent this other rulew would apply then: "The game may be drawn if each player has made the last 50 consecutive moves without the movement of any pawn and without the capture of any piece." Anyway, the draw in your game is not automatical: GameKnot recognizes the repetition and asks to the player having the move if he wants to draw or wants to continue. You worked diligently but 44...d3 is not sufficient to win, and you have no advantages; 44...Qc2 was better. Furthermore, 46...d2 is again a bad move: the position is now draw. In conclusion, the game shouldn't rightfully have been a loss: it's not sufficient to promote a pawn to win; the goal of the game is to checkmate the opponent :) Alex ——— On Chess: Point guards are like grandmasters — The mental requirements of athletes - particularly point guards in basketball - and chess masters aren't as disparate as they might seem. Success in either case depends heavily on decision-making. Jeff Zillgitt of USA Today recently heralded contemporary NBA basketball as a "golden age" for point guards. "They run the offense on one end of the court and often provide the first line of defense on the other," he wrote, "doing it with spectacular athleticism and high IQs." All-Star Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns explained: "It's about ideas, thinking ahead. Are you creative? Are you willing to read, react, adapt and improvise? You're anticipating and you feel like you can ... |
| Posted by adrianallen uskidscompute.com 8/28/2002 09:11:53 | You made a mistake Message: Most of us do it, your opponent did well to get a draw out of a game that was lost. I probably would have done the same ——— Chess: Time to man up with the King's Gambit — This swashbuckling chess opening of yore can result in swift punishment for Black. After our recent examination of Anand's sublime positional play, it feels right to redress the balance with some outright aggression. Our next theme is the King's Gambit: 1 e4 e5 2 f4. Today's digitally correct professionals frown upon such loucheness, but theory is one thing and practice another. One mistake by Black in this most complicated of chess openings can be fatal, and no one enjoys defending with a sword hanging over their head. RB: If a single opening can be said to typify the spirit of an entire era of chess, surely it is the King's Gambit. Swashbuckling is the adjective that usually ... |
| Posted by cprice404 uskidscompute.com 8/28/2002 10:29:53 | yeah i made a mistake Message: I see now that I made some mistakes... thank you brunetti for your analysis... I was just disappointed because I wasn't aware of that rule and thought I had a sure victory. I wasn't aware of the 50 moves rule either, that is good to know. I definitely would have had much better chance to win with 44... Qc2. oh well, live and learn. ——— Fascination with Bobby Fischer shows no sign of reaching its endgame — Bobby Fischer continues to fascinate writers. His first biographer, Frank Brady, has now authored 'Endgame', scheduled for May publication in the UK and including new material on Fischer's 1972 world chess title match with Boris Spassky and his personal life. Another book will feature hitherto unknown photographs. Garry Kasparov, whom chess fans bracket with Fischer as the all-time No1, has reviewed 'Endgame' at length and analysed what made the American so far ahead of his rivals. Kasparov singles out Fischer's obsessive research and work ethic which included learning Russian to study Soviet sources, his uncompromising approach and fighting spirit which made him ready to play out every chess game ... |