David Richerby wrote:

Guy Macon http://www.guymacon.com/ wrote:

With a modern chess clock that adds time on each move, you cannot
lose on time in a position that allows you to mindlessly move your
king around. In that case FIDE article 10.2 just makes the
inevitable draw happen sooner.

Actually, FIDE 10.2 doesn't apply if there's an increment in the time
control. It's only applicable where the time control is a fixed time
for the rest of the game. (In particular, if the time control is
forty moves in two hours and then an extra hour every fifteen moves,
10.2 can never be invoked. If it is forty in two hours and then an
extra hour for the rest of the game, it can only be invoked after move
forty.)

You are, of course, entirely correct.

Note to self: next time, smoke crack AFTER posting to r.g.c.m...

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