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Draw gives 0 points in tournament progresa - bug or feature?

I am playing in a tournament which is still ongoing. I drew a game and it show as 1/2. But it gave me 0 points tournament-wise! Is it a bug or a feature?

Check numbera of my 5th game ;-) I am really curious!

lichess.org/tournament/kQ9SLHcT
If you draw the game in the first 10 moves, it doesn't give you any points. read under the tournament:

"Other important rules: Drawing the game within the first 10 moves will earn neither player any points."
That rule should prevent that people make a quick draw at the end of a tournament, just to get an extra half point
@chessvy, from the Arena tournament FAQ: lichess.org/tournament/help?system=arena
>Draw streaks: When a player has consecutive draws in an arena, only the first draw will result in a point, or draws lasting more than 30 moves. The draw streak can only be broken by a win, not a loss or a draw.
You had a draw in the previous game, here we have another draw = draw streaks. 28 < 30, therefore it didn't count.
It would be less effort to read a line in the tournament rules than open a thread with the same content for the 100st time.
But still, dear @VelociraptorRex: It was not always there. I remember times without the draw streak rules in arena tournaments. Strong players could try 10 moves if they got a quick advantage, agree on a draw soon and continue with the next opponent, each step gaining 1 tournament point. I guess that rule is not older than 3 or 4 years.
@Sybotes said in #8:
> But still, dear @VelociraptorRex: It was not always there. I remember times without the draw streak rules in arena tournaments. Strong players could try 10 moves if they got a quick advantage, agree on a draw soon and continue with the next opponent, each step gaining 1 tournament point. I guess that rule is not older than 3 or 4 years.
Thanks for correcting! hat's strange, I am here since 2016 and for me it looks like I have seen that rule already. But okay, let's say then it wasn't always there, but it's there for a quite long time :)
I am sure I saw that before pandemic, so yes, something about 3–4 years.
@VelociraptorRex said in #9:
> I am sure I saw that before pandemic, so yes, something about 3–4 years.

Time flies by :-) The rule has been introduced only in April 2020, after players tried to secure prizes with multiple short draws in tournaments like lichess.org/tournament/0t0GLWau. Initially you had to play more than 40 moves after a drawn game in order to get a tournament point in subsequent draws, which soon has been changed to 30 moves.

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