Answers.Body: <p>Three-fold repetition. The position facing Black for their 61st, 63rd, and 65th moves was exactly the same.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Always nice to add some reference. The FIDE Handbook section about the Laws of Chess state this in Article 9. §9.2 mentions: `The game is drawn upon a correct claim by the player having the move, when the same position, for at least the third time (not necessarily by a repetition of moves) is about to appear [...] or has just appeared[...].`
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Body: <p>I was playing a game on chess.com. It is this game: <a href="https://www.chess.com/live/game/84265198943" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.chess.com/live/game/84265198943</a>
  It ended in a draw right as I was about to flag my opponent. I can not figure out why.</p>
  
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Title: How is this a draw?
ThreadText: # How is this a draw?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2023-07-28)
  
  I was playing a game on chess.com. It is this game: <https://www.chess.com/live/game/84265198943>
  It ended in a draw right as I was about to flag my opponent. I can not figure out why.
  
  **Tags:** rules, draw
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2023-07-28. Score: 4 | Accepted answer
  
  Three-fold repetition. The position facing Black for their 61st, 63rd, and 65th moves was exactly the same.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: Always nice to add some reference. The FIDE Handbook section about the Laws of Chess state this in Article 9. §9.2 mentions: `The game is drawn upon a correct claim by the player having the move, when the same position, for at least the third time (not necessarily by a repetition of moves) is about to appear [...] or has just appeared[...].`  
  
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