Handling Claims

How to handle a three-fold repetition claim

• Ensure the player is making a claim correctly. To do this, ensure:

  • The player has written the move on the score sheet
  • The player has not actually played the move
  • The player has informed their opponent
  • The player has stopped the clock

  Warning

  If a player has not done these steps correctly, then the claim is not valid. If they, for example, haven't written the move down on their scoresheet, you should explain how to make a proper claim, and restart the clock.

• Ask the opponent if they'd like to check the claim, or accept the claim. If they accept the claim right there and then, the game is drawn. If they'd like to check the claim...

  • Load up a new game in Chessbase

    Tip

    This may take some time, you might want to grab a second arbiter to oversee the rest of the tournament!

    Use of analysis

    You must not have analysis enabled when verifying a claim in Chessbase. Go to the Analysis tab and uncheck Assisted Analysis and Instant Analysis in the Assisted Analysis ribbon!

  • Input the game, including the move the player has written down

  • Go to the Home tab, go to the Find Position ribbon, and click In this Game (top right of the Find Position ribbon). If this identifies three positions, this classifies as a three-fold repetition