Questions tagged [fivefold-repetition]

How does the new quintuple-repetition rule work, please? To be clear: my question does not concern how likely the rule and its cases are to arise in practical play, but rather just what the rule is, in cases in which it might theoretically apply. …

Given the existence of the (optional) 50-move rule and the (mandatory) 75-move rule, are the (optional) threefold-repetition rule and the (mandatory) fivefold-repetition strictly necessary? Do the repetition rules serve any purpose other than to…

In July 2014 FIDE introduced new rules regarding draws. The arbiter was required to step in and declare the game drawn in cases where the players repeated the position 5 times: 9.6 If one or both of the following occur(s) then the game is…

This puzzle extends Rewan Demontay's New Year Math Riddle. Rewan asked (essentially): if the players co-operate, what's the largest number of times a given diagram can occur in a game before reaching the point when someone can claim a draw? In order…