Alex Holowczak wrote:
Repeating moves in such a simple position is not making progress. I think that's the fact of the matter.
I think the point is that it shouldn't matter.
Here's the more complex example from the 4NCL some years ago
[White "xxx"]
[Black "xxx"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C25"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d3 c6 5.f4 Nd7 6.Nf3 exf4 7.Bxf4 b5 8.Bb3 Nc5 9.O-O Nf6 10.Qe1 O-O 11.d4 Nxb3 12.axb3 b4 13.Nd1 d5 14.e5 Ne4 15.Nf2 Nxf2 16.Qxf2 Qb6 17.Bg5 Bxg5 18.Nxg5 h6 19.Nf3 Bf5 20.Rac1 a5 21.c3 a4 22.bxa4 Rxa4 23.Ra1 Rxa1 24.Rxa1 bxc3 25.bxc3 Qb3 26.Qe3 Rb8 27.h3 Qc2 28.Rf1 Rb3 29.Rc1 Qa2 30.Rf1 Rb2 31.Rf2 Qa1+ 32.Rf1 Qa2 33.Rf2 Qb1+ 34.Rf1 Qc2 35.Rf2 Rb1+ 36.Kh2 Qe4 37.Re2 Qxe3 38.Rxe3 Rc1 39.Kg3 Kf8 40.Nd2 Rc2 41.Nf3 Ke7 42.Ne1 Rc1 43.Kf2 Be4 44.Ke2 Ra1 45.Rg3 g6 46.Nf3 Ra2+ 47.Nd2 Bf5 48.Ke3 Ra3 49.Ke2 Kd8 50.Rf3 h5 51.c4 Ra4 52.Rc3 Be6 53.cxd5
Bxd5 54.Nf3 Ra2+ 55.Kf1 Kd7 56.h4 Ke6 57.g3 Kf5 58.Re3 Kg4 59.Ng5 Rd2 60.e6 fxe6 61.Nxe6 Bc4+ 62.Kg1 Kf5 63.Re5+ Kf6 64.Nf4 Rxd4 65.Rg5 Bf7 66.Kf2 Rd1 67.Ke3 Re1+ 68.Kd4 Re7 69.Rc5 Rd7+ 70.Ke4 Bd5+ 71.Ke3 Kf5 72.Ra5 Re7+ 73.Kf2 Re5 74.Ra8 Re7 75.Rf8+ Rf7 76.Rd8 Ke5 77.Ke3 Rf6 78.Rd7 Be6 79.Rg7 Bf5 80.Ra7 c5 81.Re7+ Kd6 82.Rg7 Kc6 83.Kd2 Rd6+ 84.Kc3 Kb5 85.Rb7+ Rb6 86.Re7 Rf6 87.Rb7+ 1/2-1/2
The 10.2 draw claim had been made about 10 moves from the end. In my view, the player with the Black pieces had an outside passed pawn and should have been allowed to try to advance it to queen. The precise plan to do this might have involved a certain amount of trial and error. If White had insufficient time to defend the ending, then it was down to his time management and arbiters should not have intervened just because they had spotted a repetition.