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What is a Sofia rules in chess?
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Sofia rules is a tournament term: in the tournament played by Sofia rules, players are not allowed to draw by agreement. They could have draws by stalemate, threefold repetition, fifty-move rule, or insufficient material. Other draws are allowed only if the arbiter declares the game reached a drawn position. This affects how games are organized, scored, paired, or decided.
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