wrote:
David Richerby wrote:
When did the 3-fold repetition and 50-move rule come about? The
1954 Reinfeld book "How to be a winner at chess" gives perpetual
check, but not these two rules. [...]

Winter dates threefold repetition to London 1883:

The problem is Reinfeld was not a tournament official. Perpetual
check has been claimed to be a draw for a long time. The rule never
existed.

That's what I was assuming but didn't want to go so far as to claim
without any sort of citation.


The only time a perpetual check is a draw is by 3 time repetition.

Or by the fifty-move rule!


Reading rulebooks by non TD's can be a source of entertainment (if
your a Tournament Director)

Or any other sort of rules lawyer. :-)


Dave.

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