• In chess, the threefold repetition rule states that a player may claim a draw if the same position occurs three times during the game. The rule is also...
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  • (when the player to move is not in check but has no legal move), threefold repetition (when the same position occurs three times with the same player to...
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    has changed through the years: The threefold repetition rule was added, although at some times up to six repetitions have been required, and the exact...
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  • with the game ending in a threefold repetition draw claim on move 14, or on move 18 via the automatic draw for fivefold repetition. Among top-rated players...
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  • not legal in that particular position. In the context of threefold and fivefold repetition, two otherwise identical positions with different castling...
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    Black's 40th move. A draw claim before then is only permitted if a threefold repetition or stalemate has occurred. Prior to the match, Ding and Gukesh had...
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  • stalemate, by a dead position, by the threefold repetition rule, by the fifty-move rule, by the fivefold repetition rule, and by the seventy-five-move rule...
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  • rules of chess, but will eventually allow a draw claim by either threefold repetition or the fifty-move rule. Players usually agree to a draw long before...
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  • does not provide sufficient information to decide whether a draw by threefold repetition may be legally claimed or a draw offer may be accepted; for that...
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    Kf2 Ra2+ 43.Ke3 Ra3+ 44.Kf2 Ra2+ 45.Ke3 Ra3+ 46.Kf2 ½–½ A draw by threefold repetition. 14...Rg8! Black plans Bd6, Ke7, f6, Rgc8, Bg8, etc. White actually...
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    "Ordinary". The Kyrie consists of a threefold repetition of "Kyrie eleison" ("Lord, have mercy"), a threefold repetition of "Christe eleison" ("Christ have...
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    Lasker's idea – scoring being stalemated, bare king, and causing a threefold repetition as quarter-points – shows by far the greatest reduction of draws...
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  • nicknamed the Double Bongcloud. The game was intentionally drawn by threefold repetition after the players shuffled their kings back and forth, and the opening...
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  • and threefold repetition as ¾–¼ brings it all the way down to 22.6%. (The same reduction of draws would occur if stalemate, bare king, and threefold repetition...
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    have been completed, or even forbidding draw offers altogether. Threefold repetition: This most commonly occurs when neither side is able to avoid repeating...
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    Spassky twice avoided a draw by threefold repetition. After 54 moves, Fischer made an incorrect claim of threefold repetition, but Spassky agreed to a draw...
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  • could not draw by agreement, but they could have draws by stalemate, threefold repetition, the fifty-move rule, and insufficient material. Other draws are...
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    the reserve pieces in evaluating threefold repetition, but both FICS and chess.com rule a draw by threefold repetition on the board without considering...
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    draw claim before then was permitted only through the arbiter, if a threefold repetition or stalemate had occurred. Prior to the match, Nepomniachtchi and...
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  • religious traditions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. The threefold repetition of sādhu is a common Buddhist ritual symbolizing the Three Jewels...
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  • Checkmate Draw by agreement Fifty-move rule Perpetual check Stalemate Threefold repetition En passant Pawn promotion Time control Fast chess Touch-move rule...
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    Checkmate Draw by agreement Fifty-move rule Perpetual check Stalemate Threefold repetition En passant Pawn promotion Time control Fast chess Touch-move rule...
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  • Checkmate Draw by agreement Fifty-move rule Perpetual check Stalemate Threefold repetition En passant Pawn promotion Time control Fast chess Touch-move rule...
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    Checkmate Draw by agreement Fifty-move rule Perpetual check Stalemate Threefold repetition En passant Pawn promotion Time control Fast chess Touch-move rule...
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  • Checkmate Draw by agreement Fifty-move rule Perpetual check Stalemate Threefold repetition En passant Pawn promotion Time control Fast chess Touch-move rule...
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    Black's 40th move. A draw claim before then was only permitted if a threefold repetition or stalemate has occurred. The pre-match head-to-head score between...
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  • Checkmate Draw by agreement Fifty-move rule Perpetual check Stalemate Threefold repetition En passant Pawn promotion Time control Fast chess Touch-move rule...
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    lines portray Aphrodite "humorous[ly] chiding" Sappho, with the threefold repetition of δηυτε followed by the hyperbolic and lightly mocking τίς σ', ὦ...
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  • Checkmate Draw by agreement Fifty-move rule Perpetual check Stalemate Threefold repetition En passant Pawn promotion Time control Fast chess Touch-move rule...
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    the threefold repetition rule of Western chess, it differs from it significantly in nature; the superko rule bans moves that would cause repetition, whereas...
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