Answers.Body: <p>Either the game score is incorrectly recorded or this was a pre-arranged draw, because in that final position everyone beyond basic club level would realize that Black wins with Qh4# (a basic Fool's mate pattern).</p>
  
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Body: <p><a href="https://www.365chess.com/view_game.php?g=354900&amp;m=4" rel="nofollow noreferrer">This game</a> starts with</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>f4  e5</li>
  <li>g4</li>
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  <p>IMO, black has a winning position here. How did it end with a draw?</p>
  
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Comments.CreationDate: 2018-12-12T14:49:59.070Z
Comments.Text: Blind guess: This was an arranged draw.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Annatar
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Comments.Text: @Annatar, for an arranged draw, why not play some better moves than these?
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Comments.Text: @Zuriel: they are under 16 and playing a game. Why not play the worst moves possible?
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Comments.Text: @RemcoGerlich, if this is an extremely short arranged draw with terrible moves, is it against FIDE tournament rules that "8.(f) Where it is clear games have been pre-arranged, the CA shall impose suitable penalties." I am wondering what the organisers think about this draw game.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Zuriel
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Comments.Text: @Zuriel Did that rule exist in 2001?
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Comments.Text: @Annatar, good point! So there is nothing the arbiters could do about this game, except to acknowledge it as a draw?
Comments.UserDisplayName: Zuriel
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Comments.Text: @Zuriel: It was apparently recorded as a draw, so that's what happened. In practice if the game is meaningless (e.g. last round for players without sight of the prizes) nobody will care.
Comments.UserDisplayName: RemcoGerlich
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Comments.Text: @RemcoGerlich, even if it is not against any rules, I will still considered such games as improper and against the spirit of chess.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Zuriel
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Comments.Text: You can think what you want, so what's the point of this question?
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Comments.Text: @fkraiem, I was asking the reason(s) for the result since I thought it would be a win for black.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Zuriel
Tags: <draw><birds-opening>
Title: Why did this game end with a draw?
ThreadText: # Why did this game end with a draw?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-12-12)
  
  [This game](https://www.365chess.com/view_game.php?g=354900&m=4) starts with
  
  1. f4 e5
  2. g4
  
  IMO, black has a winning position here. How did it end with a draw?
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/FCwLN.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/FCwLN.png)
  
  **Tags:** draw, birds-opening
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Blind guess: This was an arranged draw.  
  > **username_0**: @username_1, for an arranged draw, why not play some better moves than these?  
  > **username_2**: @username_0: they are under 16 and playing a game. Why not play the worst moves possible?  
  > **username_0**: @username_2, if this is an extremely short arranged draw with terrible moves, is it against FIDE tournament rules that "8.(f) Where it is clear games have been pre-arranged, the CA shall impose suitable penalties." I am wondering what the organisers think about this draw game.  
  > **username_1**: @username_0 Did that rule exist in 2001?  
  > **username_0**: @username_1, good point! So there is nothing the arbiters could do about this game, except to acknowledge it as a draw?  
  > **username_2**: @username_0: It was apparently recorded as a draw, so that's what happened. In practice if the game is meaningless (e.g. last round for players without sight of the prizes) nobody will care.  
  > **username_0**: @username_2, even if it is not against any rules, I will still considered such games as improper and against the spirit of chess.  
  > **username_3**: You can think what you want, so what's the point of this question?  
  > **username_0**: @username_3, I was asking the reason(s) for the result since I thought it would be a win for black.  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_4 on 2018-12-12. Score: 6 | Accepted answer
  
  Either the game score is incorrectly recorded or this was a pre-arranged draw, because in that final position everyone beyond basic club level would realize that Black wins with Qh4# (a basic Fool's mate pattern).
  
  
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