Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fifty-move rule

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English

Syllables: fifty--move rule
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

Inflected Forms

50-move rule (alternative)

Questions

What does fifty-move rule mean?: 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.

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