Talk:Threefold repetition

message: The article says "Positions are not the same if a pawn that could have been captured en passant can no longer be captured or if the right to castle has been changed temporarily or permanently. "
I don't see any way for the right to castle being changed temporarily if the position is the same.  If that is correct, "temporarily" should be removed from that sentence.  Bubba73 (talk), 23:57, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Castling - temporary 

message: According to Chessgames, Karpov had white, so it was Miles' king that could castle in the first of the three positions.  The article says it was Karpov's king. Chessgames.com is probably right.  Bubba73 (talk), 01:41, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I changed it from Karpov to Black.  Another thing, in the position shown, with the moves I got from ChessGames, under the rules, it should have been Black that was claiming the draw, not White (Karpov).  Right?? Bubba73 (talk), 03:14, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Well, it depends on whether the last move shown was the one written on the scoresheet and shown to the director, and if it was actually made on the board.  Bubba73 (talk), 02:00, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Karpov-Miles 

message: As far as I know, it is impossible to have a white pawn on the A row. Is there something wrong with this game? Erikina 09:22, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That was an error, I fixed it.  Bubba73 (talk), 14:51, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Karpov-Miles, Tilburg 1986, position after 22. Nb5

message: Can someone check the ref for that game to make sure this story is correct.  It seems to me that Alekhine is winning this game quite handsomely, so I suppose he offered the draw?  And the analysis cannot be right (even if it is as it reads): after 16. ...Qe8, White has Qh7#!  Did they mean 16. ... f5?  Baccyak4H (Yak!) 18:09, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There was an error in the position, should be a black knight on f6 instead of a pawn.  Probably my error; thank you for pointing it out.  Bubba73 (talk), 18:27, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Great, thanks.  Actually, I messed up f6 inadvertently when I tried to fix the position before (when Lasker's King was on e6!): when playing through the moves, I captured on f6 rather than h6 on Alekhine's 13th.  Baccyak4H (Yak!) 13:59, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  OK, you can take credit for the f6 error and I'll take credit for the two prior errors.  Thank you.  Bubba73 (talk), 14:06, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alekhine-Lasker analysis 

message: Plisetsky & Voronkov, Kasparov, and ChessBase give 33. Qh5 but ChessGames.com gives 33. Qd3, as the article was recently changed.  33. Qd3 is certainly plausable, and may have contributed to Petrosian's failure to recognize the repetition.  What is the correct white move 33?  Bubba73 (talk), 04:54, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In the disucssion at ChessGames, it quotes a book by Petrosian in Spanish that gives 32...Re5 33 Qd3 Rd5, draw. Bubba73 (talk), 05:00, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

text: Actually, ChessBase gives moves 32 and 33 as duplicates of 30 and 31 (queen moves instead of the rook moves).  The two books above give the same as the article currently has, except for 33. Qh5 instead of 33. Qd3.  Bubba73 (talk), 05:39, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

text: Chess Life, Nov 1971, page 619, gives 32. Qe2 Re5 33. Qd3 Rd5 34 Qe2 draw.  Bubba73 (talk), 17:55, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

text: Chess Life, December 1971, page 682 agrees with the moves, and comments Petrosian did not seem to realize that he was allowing a three-time repetition of the position.  Of course, what is confusing is that, in reaching the same position three times, Black's move was different each time, but tht has no effect onthe position repeated.  Nor did it have any effect on Bobby whonoticed it right away.".  So I believe that 33. Qd3 is correct, not Qh5 as in the two books and in ChessBase.  Bubba73 (talk), 18:27, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fischer-Petrosian, move 33 

message: Was the Threefold respetition a rule at the time of this match in 1921? Regards, SunCreator (talk) 00:34, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know for sure, but I assume it was since the rule was used as early as 1883 and in the 1886 World Championship match.  Bubba73 (You talkin' to me?), 01:07, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The rules then was a 6 move repetition? I would of thought two world title contenders would of had a good grasp of the rules. Regards, SunCreator (talk) 01:24, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  At one time it was 5 or 6 repetitions.  (Petrosian did not seem to have a good grasp of the rule.)  The game is covered in My Great Predecessors, vol 1, pp. 264-67, and all it says is "After checking to gain time on the clock, Capa makes a move ...".  If it was 5, Capa could have gained more time by doing it again.  But it isn't clear.  Perhaps Lasker didn't want a draw, I don't know.  Bubba73 (You talkin' to me?), 01:31, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  Lasker was playing for a win according to the game notes. Regards, SunCreator (talk) 01:47, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  Do you have a reference for that?  It would be good to explain why Lasker didn't claim a draw in the article.  Bubba73 (You talkin' to me?), 03:44, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Capablanca versus Lasker 

message: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Feb 14, 1883, p. 2:
:A Short Game and a Drawn Battle.
:The sixth and last game of the exhibition series between Messrs. Steinitz and Mackenzie was played at the Manhattan Chess Club rooms on February 13, on which occasion the contest ended at the fifteenth move.  Steinitz had the opening play, and for the second time selected his own gambit opening, which was played as follows:
:WHITE, STEINITZ    BLACK, MACKENZIE
:1. P-K4    P-K4
:2. Kt-QB3  Kt-QB3
:3. P-KB4   PxP
:4. P-Q4    P-Q4
:5. PxP     Q-KR5 (ch)
:6. K-K2    Q-K2 (ch)
:On his seventh move Steinitz played his king to KB3 and Mackenzie varied his play in the second game by moving Q to KR5 instead of Kt to KB3 as he did in the same opening of the seconf game of the series.  Steinitz then went back to K2, and Mackenzie again checked him at K2. This time, however, Steinitz varied his play by moving his king to KB2.  His opponenet again checked him, and they moved as before until the 15th move had been completed, when a draw was declared, as Steinitz would not change his play and neither would the Captain.
If I understand the moves correctly, I think under modern rules either player could have claimed a draw at any point starting with Steinitz's 10th move. Quale (talk) 07:49, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  An example from 1883 

message: "The sequence has been discovered independently many times, not always by professional research mathematicians; for example, Max Euwe, a chess grandmaster, who held the world championship title from 1935 to 1937, and mathematics teacher, discovered it in 1929 in an application to chess: by using its cube-free property (see above), he showed how to circumvent a rule aimed at preventing infinitely protracted games by declaring repetition of moves a draw."
From the Wikipedia article Thue-Morse sequence. - Eroica (talk) 07:58, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Max Euwe 

message: It's "threefold repetition, or in full "threefold repetition of position". It's probably better to paraphrase than to copy/paste FIDE laws. The latest revision did not actually change the rules, just made them clearer. MaxBrowne2 (talk) 11:42, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  It's not called "threefold position" 

message: You are taking too much directly from FIDE, see Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources and Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2020 June 4.  Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 13:36, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too much copied directly from FIDE 

message: I find it a bit confusing to overall start mentioning the 1972 World Championship match first, but then starting the examples with the 1971 Candidates Final Match for it. The examples must not in chronological order, but for the first two examples, it would be better. The diagrams sometimes are mentioning the location, sometimes not. I don't find the location of primary interest; I suggest to remove the location. In the game Hillsbury versus Burn, the first threefold repetition first occurs after 50... Kg7 but the diagram only mentions the second threefold repetition after 51.Qb2. These are just some vague comments, in case this was already discussed, please let me know.
Dlbbld (talk) 06:10, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't see any benefit to have them in chronological order.  The 1972 championship is mentioned first because it had three such draws, which was unusual.  But none of them are illustrated with diagrams or moves.  Then the 1971 match shows a good example.  There are reasons for Capablanca-Lasker and Alekhine-Lasker to be later, because they illustrate different aspects of the rule. And Pillsbury versus Burn is later, under History, because it shows how the rule was different at that time.  Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 06:36, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks for the feedback. It's just that Fischer qualified in the second listed event 1971 Candidates Final for the first listed event, the 1972 World Championship. But the article does not connect the events. For the average readers that might not be clear, and I find it worth mentioning. For pointing this fact out, the chronological order would be more natural. As there are other criteria for the order, in this respect the order is ok. But I would mention it. Agree, for the other examples chronological order is not of importance, as the order is for illustration. Dlbbld (talk) 08:45, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  World Chess Championship 1972 gives the history.  This article is about the three-fold repetition rule, with examples.  Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 21:00, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  Ok, I can agree with this reasoning, thanks for the comment. Dlbbld (talk) 18:36, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Few obervations 

message: Per my view there is a typo here, taking into consideration the article text, as the title refers to the match in Wijk aan Zee, where Ponomariov played the white pieces. However, in 2005 there was another match in Sofia between the two. From the game, this must have been threefold repetition. This time Adams played the white pieces. Any ideas to consider or not consider both matches?  Dlbbld (talk) 08:54, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't see any reason to consider both matches.  Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 18:30, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yes, that would overload the article. Also the example is about time trouble as the source confirms. To add the second game as such would not make sense, being most likely not time trouble related. Dlbbld (talk) 18:44, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adams versus Ponomariov, 2005 

message: I find the example from the Giuoco Piano line not suited. I only found one source from vanity press leading to this position, as added.
The line is "1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d4 exd4 5. c3 Nf6 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8.O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Bf6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Rxe4 d6 12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 O-O 14. Nxh7 Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Rh4 f6 17. g4 Re8 18. Bd3 Kf8 19. Qh8+ Ng8 20. Bh7 Kf7 21. Bg6+ Kf8 22. Bh7".
As such per my understanding, this is a very exotic line and as such, not suited for an example. In chess365.com for the Giuco Piano line after 20...Kf7 there are two games. For the Pirc Defense line, after 9.Ng5, there are several hundred games. As such, for the example with the Giuco Piano line, a justification should be found to keep, removed or replaced with a more common line. I think one example is enough, the whole article is already on the longer side for the definition of a term. Dlbbld (talk) 15:08, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: One of the references for the Giuoco Piano line was Modern Chess Openings.  Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 22:09, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

text: I think the Giuoco Piano three-fold repetition is (or was) in Modern Chess Openings", and also elsewhere, I think.  Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 22:07, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Threefold_repetition#In_the_opening|In the opening]] 

message: It was not "discussed and agreed" as claimed by  that fivefold repetition should feature so prominently in this article. The so-called "fivefold repetition rule" is barely even a "thing", how often do you even see this specific combination of words in reliable sources? The main source for the rule is the FIDE website and it is rarely featured in any other RS. This is a clear example of WP:UNDUE weight and WP:POV pushing. 
In particular the quote under WP:PROPORTION is relevant here:
"An article should not give undue weight to minor aspects of its subject, but should strive to treat each aspect with a weight proportional to its treatment in the body of reliable, published material on the subject."
Fivefold repetition is not featured prominently in any reliable sources, so wikipedia should not feature it prominently either. Consensus has not been achieved that it should get a whole new section, let alone a standalone section after a section on repetition rules in games other than chess, and this editor's apparent obsession with the rule is frankly eccentric. Nor is there consensus that fivefold should be treated as some kind of distinct and unrelated thing with respect to the threefold repetition rule, a contention that flies in the face of common sense regardless of how FIDE's rules are worded or organized. All this has been explained many times, only to be met with massive WP:WALLSOFTEXT, WP:IDHT and attempts at intellectual one-upmanship.
All of these comments apply equally to the "seventy-five move rule".
I accept the consensus (but mildly disagree with it) that fivefold repetition and seventy-five move rule should have entries in the glossary. They could maybe have small subheadings within the rule explanations but in my opinion even this is undue weight, in view of the low level of coverage these rules actually get in reliable sources. MaxBrowne2 (talk) 00:06, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know that there was a consensus, but I think this was a good-faith attempt at reaching a compromise.   wanted separate standalone articles,  wants no mention of these new FIDE rules anywhere in wikipedia at all.   thinks that the rules aren't important enough (not enough WP:RS sources to demonstrate WP:N) for a standalone article, but they are significant enough to deserve brief mention in rules of chess, glossary of chess, threefold repetition and fifty-move rule.  It would be undue weight to write a lot about these rules, but really the requirement for WP:RS reliable sources practically ensures that can't happen.  As far as I know, there just hasn't been much written about these rules.  So perhaps I was the only one satisfied with the compromise since for me it wasn't a compromise at all.  I think chess coverage in Wikipedia is better if the new rules are mentioned, as long as it is in the appropriate places and given the appropriate weight.  Four sentences in this article did not seem to me to be undue weight.  The wikitext in the edit window looked much longer because inline cites in wikipedia are very bulky, but all that should matter here is how the text renders to readers of the article.  I actually think https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Threefold_repetition&oldid=967547043 which gives 5-fold repetition a small section to itself near the end of the page was the better approach.  Dlbbld tried that, but Max rejected it.  Quale (talk) 00:35, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  "MaxBrowne2 wants no mention of these new FIDE rules anywhere in wikipedia at all. " Not correct, I want them to be treated with an appropriate level of coverage. Given that they don't get very much coverage in reliable sources, the appropriate level of coverage is "not very much". MaxBrowne2 (talk) 00:39, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I don't want to misinterpret your complaint.  I think since you kept the text on 5-fold repetition but moved it into another section perhaps you think five-fold repetition doesn't deserve a separate subsection?  I think it's a little out of place under "Statement of the rule" because 5-fold repetition is a different rule than 3-fold repetition.  Obviously they are very closely related, but they are different rules, so a small separate section seems appropriate to me.  But since much of the rule is the same (namely the definition of a repeated position) it also makes sense to keep it close to the definition of 3-fold repetition.  I guess I could convince myself either way and don't have as strong an opinion about it as you do.  Quale (talk) 01:52, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

text: I am saying something on my own here. There is a lot of talk about WP here and WP there. For everything, one can find a WP, that is even stated. Particularly, MaxBrowne2 mentioned that I am not following WP here and there. That is one thing and I tried to argue where appropriate. But I remember MaxBrowne2 here of Please do not bite the newcomers and claim, that he himself did not follow this rule.That I am relatively new also does not mean I cannot request a new article, I am neither new to chess nor markup language and made substantial corrections to several chess articles.  Dlbbld (talk) 14:53, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

text: Redirect to a subsection sounds like a good option. MaxBrowne2 (talk) 21:20, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  There is *no* consensus to give fivefold repetition (or seventy five move rule) such a prominent place in the article 

message: I have changed the wording in this version. I see the following problems:
* The article exposition is unclear. Should this be an article about the threefold rule at a general level? Then the introduction details do not make sense, for this is paraphrasing a rulebook. But paraphrasing a rulebook as now and not mentioning (FIDE, USCF or whatever) leaves me unclear if the intention of the article is the threefold repetition in general (whatever that means) or the rule form the rulebook.
* "In chess, in order for a position to be considered the same": There is a general use of "position" in chess, this is the visual position on the board. The rule specifies position specifically for the rule and this makes only sense for the rule itself.
* "each player must have the same set of legal moves each time": This is the rule intention which results in factual conditions (turn, en passant, castling). The article mentions the conditions, so must not mention the rule intention like a condition.
* "including the possible rights to castle and capture en passant": This wording suggests that there is a "right" to capture en passant in the same sense as there are castling rights. This is not the case. Using "at the start of the sequence a pawn could have been captured en passant" from the rules is correct.
* Paraphrasing of the rules leads to a long paragraph. What about omitting the paragraph and keeping it with rule citation?
Dlbbld (talk) 21:42, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm against omitting the paragraph.  The full rule should be in the text, not a footnote.  You might use a footnote explaining when positions are considered the same.  Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 22:11, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  I mentioned FIDE in the paragraph paraphrasing the rules so the article in this respect is now consistent for my understanding. Dlbbld (talk) 14:57, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  General statement of the rule 

message: Since 11th September, the paraphrasing of the FIDE rules for position repetition is wrong. 
The FIDE rules under 9.2.2 give a general rule. 9.2.2.1 and 9.2.2.2 are specific. It is simplest to take 9.2.2 as an informal idea and not to interpret and take 9.2.2.1 and 9.2.2.2 as concrete guidelines. 9.2.2 on itself needs interpretation which leads to problems, but one can assume that 9.2.2.1 and 9.2.2.2 are what is actually meant, this is how I have seen the rules applied everywhere.
The wording
goes wrong for the "legal moves". Two positions where castling is temporarily disabled and the castling right changes have the same set of legal moves but are not considered the same per 9.2.2.2, this is where the wording goes wrong. A wording like "the same set of current and future legal moves" would be correct but nobody would understand. I find it best to directly refer to 9.2.2.1 and 9.2.2.2 and avoid any general statement. Dlbbld (talk) 16:11, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: If you think you can improve the wording go ahead, but please don't quote FIDE paragraph numbers or make fine technical distinctions because honestly nobody gives a fuck. (Yes I'm weary of your constant nitpicking). The point of the lead section is to summarise the article in language ordinary people can understand. See MOS:LEDE. MaxBrowne2 (talk) 17:02, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I have simply explained what I see as a problem. It is not nitpicking. If you talk of apples you talk of apples. If you mean oranges and don't say so that is your problem disregarding how aggressive you try to put it on someone else's back. Dlbbld (talk) 17:16, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong paraphrasing of the rule 

message: I recently received this statement in an edit summary from IHTS:
To answer the question, the part of MOS:FIRST that I drew upon is as follows:
In the previous version of the first sentence, threefold repetition was not the subject; the rule describing threefold repetition was the subject.
I think the statement "MOS:FIRST supports that 'rule s/ be included in the lead sentence" means that, if there is a rule declaring the existence of the article's subject, then it is preferable to include that rule in the first sentence rather than to include the subject itself. However, I could not find any part of MOS:FIRST that corroborates this. I'm pretty sure I'm reading this statement wrong, so I would appreciate clarification.
I am surprised to hear that the term "threefold repetition" is fundamentally meant to be shorthand for the rule. I have never heard someone use a construction like, "threefold repetition states that [...]". Alternatively, IHTS meant that the only reason threefold repetition matters is due to the rule that says what threefold repetition entails. That's true, but it doesn't explicitly make it impossible to make "threefold repetition" the subject of the first sentence. If it did, then we'd also have something like, "The checkmate rule states that a player loses when they have no legal moves and their king is in check."
The main concern here seems to be that the new version split off some important information into the second sentence. I agree that that information should probably be in the first sentence.
IHTS, I hope there's no hard feelings. I know tone is difficult through text, but I interpreted kind of an aggressive tone from your message, given its length and the intensity of its language. I'm hoping that wasn't your intention; I only want peace. ISaveNewspapers (talk) 06:39, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: My point was Threefold repetition implies the rule, that is the only reason we have a WP:CHESS article on it, and by that title. If there were no rule, there wouldn't be an article named 'Threefold repetition', 'threefold repetition' has no meaning outside the rule. The same can't be said re 'checkmate', which is so obviously a rule it needn't be stated. That's not the case w/ 'threefold repetition', so you're comparing apples & oranges. So the page title is the subject of the first sentence. By concluding otherwise you are dropping said implication, interpreting too literally. BTW I never suggested or implied the two phrases c/ grammatically supplant or be exchanged w/ one another in complete sentences. Cheers, --IHTS (talk) 07:22, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

text: p.s. My editsum was completely objective, so to get personal by stating on Talk page it was jeopardizing your personal sense of peace was uncalled for and is itself passive aggressive. Please stop. --IHTS (talk) 07:29, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead sentence 

message: In the recent 2023 world chess championship match between Ding Liren and Ian Nepomniachtchi, game 18, the last game of the rapid time controls, saw an instance where Ding Liren, playing with the black pieces, was given an opportunity to draw the game by threefold repetition. Had he done so, they would have tied the rapids and proceeded on to the blitz time control games.
In the game, 44.Qe4+ Kg8 45.Qd5+ Kh7 46.Qe4+ was the first two instances of the repeated position. Had Ding Liren (black pieces) played 46...Kg8, that would be how he goes for a draw. Instead, Ding Liren plays the unexpected 46...Rg6! This puts the rook into a slightly awkward pin in order to advance the game: Ding wanted to keep going. This bold choice actually led to him *winning* game 18 and thus the World Champion title.
Primary source: https://www.fide.com/news/2365
Source was found from this wikipedia article. INSANITYISAVIRTUE (talk) 04:04, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Perhaps we could include a new example of how threefold repetition was AVOIDED in the recent 2023 world chess championship?