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Hi there.

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In this lecture, we see another way games can be drawn, you can actually just offer the opponent a

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draw and if they accept the game is drawn by agreements.

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So you might think here, for example, you can't make progress that easily, can't even go into the

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opponent's position.

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And hopefully you and your opponent do a great draw voluntarily without playing this out to a 50 move

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draw.

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So it sort of shortcuts the need to play a lot of 50 moves to claim and draw by 50 moves.

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So you can just the great draw and it could be positions which do have some winning chances as well

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for either side.

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But you can still a great draw if you want.

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And you know, that can be pretty useful in online play.

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You might only need one point and it's almost as it's towards the last game.

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And you can off the opponent draw and get that key point just before the tournament ends and in real

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life, professional tournaments, you know, when there's prizes at stake, sometimes, you know, even

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professional players like, well, especially professional players, they might want to split the points,

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you know, a great draw with their opponents towards the last round or last round, or they might have,

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you know, a flight back home.

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And they want a kind of quick draw in the final round to get all their stuff sorted, you know, hotel

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travel.

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So, yeah, it's useful to be able to just offer the opponent a draw in various situations, both online

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and in the real world, just off the opponent draw.

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And if they accept, then it's a draw.

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OK.

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Thanks so much.