9.1.1The regulations of an event may specify that players cannot offer or agree to a draw, whether in less than a specified number of moves or at all, without the consent of the arbiter. 9.1.2However, if the regulations of an event allow a draw agreement the following shall apply: 9.1.2.1A player wishing to offer a draw shall do so after having made a move on the chessboard and before pressing his clock. An offer at any other time during play is still valid but Article 11.5 must be considered. No conditions can be attached to the offer. In both cases the offer cannot be withdrawn and remains valid until the opponent accepts it, rejects it orally, rejects it by touching a piece with the intention of moving or capturing it, or the game is concluded in some other way. 9.1.2.2The offer of a draw shall be noted by each player on his scoresheet with the symbol (=). 9.1.2.3A claim of a draw under Article 9.2 or 9.3 shall be considered to be an offer of a draw. 9.2.1The game is drawn, upon a correct claim by a player having the move, when the same position for at least the third time (not necessarily by a repetition of moves): 9.2.1.1is about to appear, if he first writes his move, which cannot be changed, on his scoresheet and declares to the arbiter his intention to make this move, or 9.2.1.2has just appeared, and the player claiming the draw has the move. 9.2.2Positions are considered the same if and only if the same player has the move, pieces of the same kind and colour occupy the same squares and the possible moves of all the pieces of both players are the same. Thus positions are not the same if: 9.2.2.1at the start of the sequence a pawn could have been captured en passant 9.2.2.2a king had castling rights with a rook that has not been moved, but forfeited these after moving. The castling rights are lost only after the king or rook is moved. 9.3The game is drawn, upon a correct claim by a player having the move, if: 9.3.1he writes his move, which cannot be changed, on his scoresheet and declares to the arbiter his intention to make this move which will result in the last 50 moves by each player having been made without the movement of any pawn and without any capture, or 9.3.2the last 50 moves by each player have been completed without the movement of any pawn and without any capture. 9.4If the player touches a piece as in Article 4.3, he loses the right to claim a draw under Article 9.2 or 9.3 on that move. 9.5.1If a player claims a draw under Article 9.2 or 9.3, he or the arbiter shall stop the chessclock (see Article 6.12.1 or 6.12.2). He is not allowed to withdraw his claim. 9.5.2If the claim is found to be correct, the game is immediately drawn. 9.5.3If the claim is found to be incorrect, the arbiter shall add two minutes to the opponent’s remaining thinking time. Then the game shall continue. If the claim was based on an intended move, this move must be made in accordance with Articles 3 and 4. 9.6If one or both of the following occur(s) then the game is drawn: 9.6.1the same position has appeared, as in 9.2.2 at least five times. 9.6.2any series of at least 75 moves have been made by each player without the movement of any pawn and without any capture. If the last move resulted in checkmate, that shall take precedence.