<p>The American Pool Checkers website &quot;americanpoolcheckers.us&quot; is essentially dead (deliberately not linked because of a bad HTTPS certificate), but was fortunately archived by the Wayback Machine, so we can get <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210614152121/http://americanpoolcheckers.us/index.php/history/apca-tournament-rules-of-play" rel="nofollow noreferrer">the rules from 2021</a>. These include:</p>
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<ol start="26">
<li><p>In certain end-game positions, when one of the sides appears stronger than the other, the stronger side is required to complete a win within thirty moves. If after thirty moves the pieces of both sides remain unchanged the game is declared a draw. [ ... ]</p>
</li>
<li><p>“13” COUNT RULE: The lone king must be caught before the player with the lone king counts thirteen, or the game is declared a draw.</p>
</li>
<li><p>If the lone king has the long line (4-29) and the stronger side refuses to accept the draw then the stronger side has to catch the lone king within five moves</p>
</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>

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2024-03-23T17:28:40.227Z
Cool, thanks. Weird that it just says "certain end-game positions" without specifying what those positions are!
Tomek Czajka
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2024-03-26T08:01:11.730Z
@TomekCzajka, I am guessing they call it "certain end-game positions" since the list of those position is not final yet and from time to time another position is being added.
Cohensius
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2024-03-23T15:45:44.337Z
Philip Kendall
<p>In the official rules of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pool_Checkers" rel="nofollow noreferrer">American Pool Checkers</a>, what are the conditions for a draw to be declared?</p>

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What are the official draw rules in American Pool Checkers?
Tomek Czajka
# What are the official draw rules in American Pool Checkers?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-03-23)

In the official rules of [American Pool Checkers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pool_Checkers), what are the conditions for a draw to be declared?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2024-03-23. Score: 2

The American Pool Checkers website "americanpoolcheckers.us" is essentially dead (deliberately not linked because of a bad HTTPS certificate), but was fortunately archived by the Wayback Machine, so we can get [the rules from 2021](https://web.archive.org/web/20210614152121/http://americanpoolcheckers.us/index.php/history/apca-tournament-rules-of-play). These include:

> 26. In certain end-game positions, when one of the sides appears stronger than the other, the stronger side is required to complete a win within thirty moves. If after thirty moves the pieces of both sides remain unchanged the game is declared a draw. [ ... ]
> 27. “13” COUNT RULE: The lone king must be caught before the player with the lone king counts thirteen, or the game is declared a draw.
> 28. If the lone king has the long line (4-29) and the stronger side refuses to accept the draw then the stronger side has to catch the lone king within five moves

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Cool, thanks. Weird that it just says "certain end-game positions" without specifying what those positions are!  
> **username_2**: @TomekCzajka, I am guessing they call it "certain end-game positions" since the list of those position is not final yet and from time to time another position is being added.  

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