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JorgKnappen wrote on Thu, Jul 4, 2002 08:23 AM UTC:Good ★★★★

I want to coment on the rule 'When stalemate wins, repetition of
positions
is forbidden'. This rule is known to Go players as Superko rule. Alltho
it is implemented in some official Go rule sets (e.g. for New Sealand) it
is considered problematic. The reason is that humans are not good in
tracing
repeated positions except in the most simple cases.

In my opinion the FIDE rules are perfectly right: One can claim draw on
repeated position, but there is no automatic consequence.

A superko rule theoretically rules out a draw (or in Go terms: a no
result),
but in chess there are just too many positions available to eliminate
draws
effectively in play between humans.