Claiming Threefold

Hello,

I use Lichess a lot. Thanks for developing it.

If the third repetition of a position occurs after you move, a "claim threefold" button pops up to the right. But if you can't click on it before your opponent makes his next move, it disappears. And if your opponent premoves like in a few of my games, it's impossible to claim the draw.

I understand that in OTB chess you can't claim the draw after your opponent makes a different move, but because of the way it's set up here, I've gone on to lose a few games that I should have been able to draw. Maybe it should let you claim the draw until YOU make another move. Let me know what you think.

You can set this as a setting under Preferences > Game Settings ( or something like that), it's set to draw automatically if <30 seconds are left on the clock by default, but you can set it to always draw automatically. :)

Click your nickname at the top-right corner of the screen. Go to Preferences->Game behaviour and find the option "claim draw on threfold rep automatically". Hope that helps! (Edit:My internet went down for 2 minutes and you already had an answer....nevermind).

Thanks, got it. I didn't realize there was a feature.

The proper way to do this is to have a button 'Claim draw' always present, so you can use it before your move to claim the repetition caused by that move, even before it is relayed to the opponent. In fact having the button appear only on a repetition is a form of computer help!

You could even use the same button as for offering draws for this. Normally a draw offer should be relayed together with your move. But if the move causes a claimable draw, instead of offering the opponent an opportunity to reject it, the server should just grant it.