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Rules of Chess: The 50 moves rule. Answer to a frequently asked question on the rules of chess.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Doug Chatham wrote on Mon, Nov 14, 2005 02:58 PM UTC:
The fact that checkmate cannot be forced in this situation is irrelevant.

According to the FIDE Laws of Chess, Article 9.6,

The game is drawn when a position is reached from which a checkmate cannot occur by any possible series of legal moves, even with the most unskilled play. This immediately ends the game, provided that the move producing this position was legal.
(Emphasis added.)