threefold repetition

in chess and some other abstract strategy games, the rule that a player can claim a draw if the same position occurs three times, with the same player to move
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threefold repetition

Summary

threefold repetition is a rule[1]. It draws 163 Wikipedia views per month (rule category, ranking #26 of 87).[2]

Key Facts

  • threefold repetition's instance of is recorded as rule[3].
  • threefold repetition's instance of is recorded as chess term[4].
  • threefold repetition's instance of is recorded as Go term[5].
  • threefold repetition's part of is recorded as rules of chess[6].
  • threefold repetition's part of is recorded as rules of Go[7].
  • threefold repetition's sport is recorded as chess[8].
  • threefold repetition's sport is recorded as go[9].
  • threefold repetition's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02pstb[10].
  • threefold repetition's facet of is recorded as chess engine[11].
  • threefold repetition's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/threefold-repetition-of-moves[12].
  • threefold repetition's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://chess.stackexchange.com/tags/threefold-repetition[13].
  • threefold repetition's has effect is recorded as draw[14].
  • threefold repetition's has characteristic is recorded as repetition[15].
  • threefold repetition's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 148349102[16].
  • threefold repetition's ProofWiki ID is recorded as Definition:Chess/Draw/Repetition[17].

Why It Matters

threefold repetition draws 163 Wikipedia views per month (rule category, ranking #26 of 87).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . redd.it. redd.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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