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Mini Xiangqi No Threefold Repetitition Rule

Hello, I noticed that in Mini Xiangqi there is no threefold rule against players repeating position. PS-Greedy-Two-Move would repeat the position every time, and I was curious and managed to flag the bot this way. After the game, I resigned a 2 ply game against the bot and lost 1 rating point more than I gained before, to not sandbag.

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Thanks for highlighting this issue, we have removed the three-fold repetition and instead lean towards the chasing rules as set in FairyStockfish. Information about the chasing rules can be found here (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiangqi#:~:text=A%20player%20who%20perpetually%20chases,be%20ruled%20to%20have%20lost.)
The chasing rule is complex and therefore the implementation in FairyStockfish is not fully complete. We are waiting for a newer release which might improve this situation, but will look at what we can support in PlayStrategy to try and avoid this situation.

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