I just had a game where I was up a pawn and bishop in the endgame auto count as a draw. Really frustrating. There was a little shuffling of the pieces (say 5 or 6 moves) with no captures but certainly not repeated positions.
What are the Lichess draw rules?
Here is the game:
I knew the answer before looking at the game.
The normal case:
-random game with x moves
-x, x-2, x-4 same position
"certainly not repeated positions." People, people!
The position after white's moves 57 59 61 is identical, hence threefold repetion = draw.
By the way, it's not only the "lichess" rules it's the official FIDE one's as well.
Yes, FIDE Laws of Chess:
"9.2 The game is drawn upon a correct claim by the player having the move, when the same position, for at least the third time (not necessarily by a repetition of moves): a. is about to appear, if he first writes his move on his scoresheet and declares to the arbiter his intention to make this move, or b. has just appeared, and the player claiming the draw has the move.
Positions as in (a) and (b) are considered the same, if the same player has the move, pieces of the same kind and colour occupy the same squares, and the possible moves of all the pieces of both players are the same. Positions are not the same if a pawn that could have been captured en passant can no longer be captured in this manner. When a king or a rook is forced to move, it will lose its castling rights, if any, only after it is moved. "
@GravyDavy I mean you had 12 moves wasted and refused to play Ba2 for example...
Where was the problem?
Okay thanks guys. I get it now.
