29-03-2016, 12:31 AM
donaldheron Wrote:hamish olson Wrote:interesting, one of our players got flagged today because his opponent repeated the position something around 10 times (I wasn't there so this is hearsay!). What should he have done?I may have been that opponent. Sorry, I was wrong: I was wrong because this is what the abiter told me in the previous round - that the draw by repetition rule does not apply in blitz. Now that I know that it does then I would not do this again. In the previous round I stopped the clock and claimed a draw and had witness evidence and who knows if my opponent would have confirmed if he had been asked. What happened was that both my opponent and then the abiter said that you cannot claim a draw by repetition in blitz. I will not do it again. I will not play blitz again.
It was not you, although it seems there was confusion in a few games.