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Nacht Schach. (Updated!) Missing description (8x7, Cells: 56) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
H. G. Muller wrote on Thu, Jun 5 05:52 AM UTC in reply to David Paulowich from Wed Jun 4 10:18 PM:

The Interactive Diagram allows specification of the stalemate result, but doesn't test for repetition. So it cannot implement a repetition ban.

As the article already states, the proposed rules don't guarantee a decision in unwinnable positions in an acceptable time; it could take millions of moves to force a repetition if there are several pieces on board (e.g. KR-KR). So something like a 50-move rule for winning would also be needed. E.g. that the player who made the last capture wins.

The rules to decide unwinnable games (e.g. by running out of non-repeating moves) are often totally incalculable, so that they are not much better than a lottery.