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Why do you offer a draw in this game? I've been following it for a few months now. I'm not the best of Chess players, but I know I could win this game with Alex's position. Least ways, I think I could win it, even if my opponent was Bobby Fischer or Boris Spassky. I thought good Chess players, when playing each other, would acknowledge how things were going down and that you would resign in a position such as this. Only us lesser players (such as myself) would hang on and hope for our opponent to err or miscue and perhaps get lucky and win the game.

The reason I raise this is I'd like to remind readers of how I, if I was in charge of Chess rules, would change the rules concernings draws as I posted on this board April 15th and 16th.

Draws in my opinion should not be allowed unless the asking person can show the opponent cannot win the game or for other reasons that I stated. If the opponent decides to play on and refuses to accept the draw the player asking for the draw should be penalized in some way. Such as not being allowed to win the game, or not being able to ask for a draw the rest of the game, or both. The way the draw rules are now just asks for someone to take advantage of the rules or to manipulate them as they're able to. Just doesn't right or in the spirit of fair play to me.

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