Editing Threefold repetition (section)

===Grandmaster draws===
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|Carlsen vs. Nakamura, 2021

|rd|nd|bd|qd|  |bd|nd|rd
|pd|pd|pd|pd|kd|pd|pd|pd
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
|  |  |  |  |pd|  |  |  
|  |  |  |  |pl|  |  |  
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
|pl|pl|pl|pl|kl|pl|pl|pl
|rl|nl|bl|ql|  |bl|nl|rl
|Position after 2...Ke7, 4...Ke7 and 6...Ke7
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A [[Draw by agreement#Grandmaster draw|grandmaster draw]] is characterised as a short draw between high-level players, typically intended to hold position without the expenditure of mental energy. As short [[Draw by agreement|draws by agreement]] are sometimes frowned upon or outright banned in tournaments, some players circumvent such rules by playing out lines known to end in threefold repetition draws. The [[Berlin Defence (chess)#Berlin draw|Berlin draw]] in the [[Ruy Lopez]] is one of the more commonly used lines, while [[Magnus Carlsen]] and [[Hikaru Nakamura]] finished out a [[dead rubber]] at the [[Champions Chess Tour 2021#Magnus Carlsen Invitational|Magnus Carlsen Invitational]] with a variation of the [[Bongcloud Attack]] – Nakamura admitted that with both players secure in passage to the next round of the tournament he saw no value in attempting to force the win.
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