The game is drawn if the same position occurs three times with the same player to move, and with each player having the same set of legal moves each time.
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Quotes of the Day
We lost the crowns of World Champions, it is sad, of course. But if you look at the rating list of top 100 players, Russia is still dominating. However, the competition is constantly growing stronger.
Arkady Dvorkovich 2011
Botvinnik, Korchnoi and Kasparov had to hate the opponent to play successfully. I belong to a different type of chess players. I’m like Keres, Spassky and Portisch. On the board we fight, but in life we get along great.
Anatoly Karpov 2015
The competition in the men’s tournament has grown massively over the past 20 years. Chess is becoming more and more popular, and there are no weak teams in the tournament any longer.
Andrey Filatov
Carlsen is a combination of Karpov and Fischer style.
Garry Kasparov 2017
In one game it is too difficult to play both for win and draw simultaneously.
Mihail Tal 1969