I was playing a friend in chess and very early in the game he claimed a draw by threefold repetition. I moved my queen up and put his king in check. He moved his king back into a dead end then I put him in check again with the same piece. He moved back and forth between the same two squares as I did with my queen and he claimed it was draw.
My argument was that he had other moves for example he could have moved his knight up as a shield or one of his pawns in the two check scenarios. I thought the purpose of the threefold repetition rule was to stop endless games but in this case it is obvious that he did not want to lose a valuable piece and the game was to early to become endless. Was the game a draw?
My argument was that he had other moves for example he could have moved his knight up as a shield or one of his pawns in the two check scenarios. I thought the purpose of the threefold repetition rule was to stop endless games but in this case it is obvious that he did not want to lose a valuable piece and the game was to early to become endless. Was the game a draw?