Indication of draw offer.

Indication of draw offer.

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Standard memberDr Strangelove

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There appears to be no record of draw offers in a game. If there was this would stop people offering draws several times in the same game when they couldn't remember if they had already.

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Standard memberDr Strangelove

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15 Dec 08

I've seen in books and magazines that they have an = sign next to where the offer was made in the list of moves. Could this not be incorporated into the game history?

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Standard memberRaven69
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Yes, it would probably be especially useful for people with a huge game load, for whom it is not so easy to remember every draw offer.

SubscriberVery Rusty
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17 Dec 08

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
There appears to be no record of draw offers in a game. If there was this would stop people offering draws several times in the same game when they couldn't remember if they had already.
I like your idea. What I do so I remember, is send my opponent an in game message of my draw offer, and why it is a draw. Perpetual check for an example.

It does get irritating when opponents keep repeating the draw offer, especially when you happen to be up by a minor piece or two. 😉 ! I find then the iggy feature, comes in nice and usefull. 🙂

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Standard memberFabianFnas

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17 Dec 08

By the FIDE rule E13 a draw offer shall be marked in the protocol.

"FIDE E13: The offer of a draw shall be marked as (=)."

It would be good if the pgn of the game is marked the same way.