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gnohmon wrote on Fri, Jul 5, 2002 02:32 AM UTC:
> [snip] Superko [snip] problematic [snip]

You are absolutely correct!

I have thought about it being problematic, but in the pressure of other
thoughts that have needed to be written down, I have not thought about it
enough.

Let me suggest this addition: 'In games where repetition is forbidden, it
may be difficult to see that the position has been repeated when the
repetition is not immediate. For this reason there must be a rule that
specifies what happens if a player mistakenly plays the forbidden move of
repeating the position.

First of all, in all circumstances there is no penalty and the forbidden
move becomes a legal move if the opponent fails to point out the repetition
before making a reply to the forbidden move.

When a forbidden repetition is pointed out, in a tournament game the player
who played the forbidden repetition has lost the game; but in a friendly
game, the offender is merely required to play a different move.'

Consensus?

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