narceleb:
There seems to be a conflict on how to properly claim a triple occurrence of position that the player on the move creates.
First, we have the specific rule: “14C2. How to claim. If a move is required to complete the third occurrence of the position, the player claiming the draw under 14C should write the move on the scoresheet but not play the move on the board, stop both clocks (5I), and state the claim.”
Then there is “14C4. Claim after moving without pressing the clock. A player who moves and then does not press the clock (5H), but allows it to run, retains the right to claim a draw under 14C.”
These two seem to conflict with “9G1. Player still on move for claims. Claims of triple occurrence of position (14C), the 50-move rule (14F), or insufficient losing changes in sudden death (14H) remain in order during the period between determination and completion of the move.”
Rule 9A says that the move is “competed when that player presses the clock (5H).”
Just to be clear, 5H is “Pressing the clock” and 5I is “Stopping the clock”. These are two distinct things.
So, MY reading of the rules hinges on the word “should” in 14C2 , and I would allow the draw claim even if the claimant played the move, wrote it down, and stopped the clock (5I) to make the claim.
This, however, is still contradicted by 14C4, which seems to require the claimant to allow his clock to run.
And this, in turn, conflicts with 9G1, which says that he can still make the claim if he STOPPED (5I) the clock, but did not PRESS (5H) the clock .
14C4 doesn’t require the claimant to allow his clock to run. It simply provides relief if he/she does make the move on the board but doesn’t stop, or press the clock, and
9G1 allows the claimant to stop the clock, but not PRESS the clock.