fifty-move rule

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A rule in professional chess that a player may declare the game to be a draw after 50 consecutive moves by each side without any capture or pawn movement, usually invoked during an inconclusive endgame.

Word forms

fifty-move rule 50-move rule
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