Answers.Body: <p>Mate ends the game immediately, but the mating move must be <em>made</em>, not just written down. If the player only writes the move down and claims a draw in the correct way, it's a draw (but I doubt it'll ever happen in practice).</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Makes sense, but see https://chess.stackexchange.com/a/19715/12523 for an opposing view from an IA, who says "you need to consider the position as if the move had been played", also giving the example of a 50th move that makes a capture.
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Body: <p>Under FIDE law 9.3.1, a player to move may claim a 50-move draw by writing down the intended 50th move and making the claim.</p>
  
  <p>Supposing this claim is otherwise valid;  if the move would checkmate then is the game drawn?</p>
  
Tags: <rules><checkmate><50-move-rule><claim-draw>
Title: Claiming a 50-move draw with a mating move
ThreadText: # Claiming a 50-move draw with a mating move
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-04-05)
  
  Under FIDE law 9.3.1, a player to move may claim a 50-move draw by writing down the intended 50th move and making the claim.
  
  Supposing this claim is otherwise valid; if the move would checkmate then is the game drawn?
  
  **Tags:** rules, checkmate, 50-move-rule, claim-draw
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2018-04-05. Score: 3
  
  Mate ends the game immediately, but the mating move must be *made*, not just written down. If the player only writes the move down and claims a draw in the correct way, it's a draw (but I doubt it'll ever happen in practice).
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: Makes sense, but see https://chess.stackexchange.com/a/19715/12523 for an opposing view from an IA, who says "you need to consider the position as if the move had been played", also giving the example of a 50th move that makes a capture.  
  
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