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I have always wondered where this misconception started

I mean, "three fold repetition" does sound suspiciously like you have to repeat the same thing three times in a row right? I would bet that most chess players never even thought of the possibility of repeating a position with dozens of moves in between resulting in a draw...

@TakeThePawnOrLose said in #10: > I have always wondered where this misconception started I mean, "three fold repetition" does sound suspiciously like you have to repeat the same thing three times in a row right? I would bet that most chess players never even thought of the possibility of repeating a position with dozens of moves in between resulting in a draw...

amos_chesstra

@Haymarket said in #14:

Yep that's the rule. It's supposed to show that the game isn't progressing anywhere.

It definitely makes sense now that I know it. Ah well, this definitely won't happen again lol

@Haymarket said in #14: > Yep that's the rule. It's supposed to show that the game isn't progressing anywhere. It definitely makes sense now that I know it. Ah well, this definitely won't happen again lol

QueenRon

Well what I got from this was: NEVER TROLL YOUR OPPONENT BY CONTINOUSLY MAKING KING MOVEMENTS. Something unexpected might happen :)

JSM2 edited

This goes to show that your opponent seems to have had a valid reason not to resign. He probably assumed that there are quite a few players who screw up instead of delivering mate and hoped that you might be one of them. His hopes probably mainly rested on the possibility of a stalemate (which must have seemed more and more possible to him with every additional pawn you promoted to a queen), but hey, there are other ways to a draw. In your case you screwed up because you were not aware of important details of the chess rules.

In the hopes that you learn even more about the chess rules from this:

@amos_chesstra said in #1:

My plan was to checkmate him at move 100 to turn it into a piece of art even if he wouldn't resign.

That would have brought you dangerously close to another possibility for a forced draw. Sounds like you may not be aware of the 50-move rule (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifty-move_rule) as you don't mention move 52 to still be compatible with your 100 move plan - or are you already aware of it?
The last (possible) pawn move (or capture) of your game was on your 52nd move. You would have needed to deliver checkmate on your 102nd move at the latest, after that your opponent could have claimed a draw (which I suspect Lichess would have done for him automatically).

This goes to show that your opponent seems to have had a valid reason not to resign. He probably assumed that there are quite a few players who screw up instead of delivering mate and hoped that you might be one of them. His hopes probably mainly rested on the possibility of a stalemate (which must have seemed more and more possible to him with every additional pawn you promoted to a queen), but hey, there are other ways to a draw. In your case you screwed up because you were not aware of important details of the chess rules. In the hopes that you learn even more about the chess rules from this: @amos_chesstra said in #1: > My plan was to checkmate him at move 100 to turn it into a piece of art even if he wouldn't resign. That would have brought you dangerously close to another possibility for a forced draw. Sounds like you may not be aware of the 50-move rule (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifty-move_rule) as you don't mention move 52 to still be compatible with your 100 move plan - or are you already aware of it? The last (possible) pawn move (or capture) of your game was on your 52nd move. You would have needed to deliver checkmate on your 102nd move at the latest, after that your opponent could have claimed a draw (which I suspect Lichess would have done for him automatically).

Archnova edited

@amos_chesstra said in #1:

Obviously i created a pattern with my king moves that made sure that there was no threefold repetition.
https://i.imgur.com/Q8YRCi0.jpg

@amos_chesstra said in #1: > Obviously i created a pattern with my king moves that made sure that there was no threefold repetition. https://i.imgur.com/Q8YRCi0.jpg

NM MrPushwood

Couldn't have happened to a more deserving player!