Ok, you know that draw rule that says if you repeat the same position 3 times within a game, it's declared a draw? Well, my friend Raymond Faircloth had a game on itsyourturn lately where he had an easy winning position, but his opponent offered a draw. The game was on move 51 and he was up 3 kings to 2 men. His opponent offered a draw, he refused, and IYT declared the game a draw. The reason: that rule. On moves 37, 39, and 41 he allowed the same position to occur 3 times: red men on 1 and 27, red kings on 6 and 31; white men on 5 and 13, white kings on 7 and 11. Raymond eventually found the win and his opponent also made some dumb plays, but then the opponent emailed IYT requesting the game be called a draw because of the 3-position repetition, and they allowed it!

My question is this: if a game has a position repeated three times, it's declared a draw, right? But if the opponent does not request a draw upon the repetition (Ray won the game at his 51st move, 10 after the last repetition) but then offers the draw long after the repetition when the other player is winning, is the game still declared a draw?