Quick answer
Game Result Markers is a rules question: a position reconstructed from notation. Work from the first evidence position for Game Result Markers, and begin by testing Kg7.
Begin from Kg7 in 3R1k2/8/8/8/8/8/8/4K3 b - - 3 2. Read the side to move, legal conditions, history fields and procedural distinction before relying on a shortcut. The evidence answer is: Game Result Markers: preserve side to move, check markers and move numbering while rebuilding the board. Candidate line: Kg7.
In the Game Result Markers example, notice: side Black; pieces White rook d8, Black king f8, White king e1; legal first moves Kg7, Kf7, Ke7. Read those squares as a snapshot of this single board, not as a standing rule you can copy into every game.
The exact condition
The first evidence board tests a position reconstructed; the second board tests a position reconstructed. For the pair of examples, install A from direct FEN setup and install B from direct FEN setup. For glossary entries nearby, open the Chess Wiki plus the Rules hub. Then compare Piece Movement with Capture Notation, Chess Annotation Symbols, Illegal Move Penalties around the legal castling test.
The two inventories make the distinction concrete. A contains side Black; pieces White rook d8, Black king f8, White king e1; legal first moves Kg7, Kf7, Ke7; B contains side White; pieces Black king d7, White rook e4, White king d1; legal first moves Re5, Re6, Re7+, Re8, Rf4, Rg4, Rh4, Re3. Compare the side to move before comparing the labels in the context of the dead-position exception.
Topic dossier for this page and board pair r1:3R1k2 | r2:8 | r3:8 | r4:8 | r5:8 | r6:8 | r7:8 | r8:4K3 / r1:8 | r2:3k4 | r3:8 | r4:8 | r5:4R3 | r6:8 | r7:8 | r8:3K4: start with the legal castling test; then test the dead-position exception; keep checkmate versus stalemate separate from the capture marker in notation; use resignation versus a draw offer as the transfer check; and reserve a claim versus an automatic draw for the exception.
Procedure and counterexample
On the first board, calculate Kg7 after Kg7 and write down the opponent's best reply around the legal castling test. On the second board, calculate Re8 after Re8 and check the dead-position exception. Separate what the board proves from what only the move record, clock or arbiter can establish. In this case the useful condition is a claim versus an automatic draw.
Key claim: Game Result Markers is illustrated here by a position reconstructed from notation; the first concrete test is Kg7. The board anchor is 3R1k2/8/8/8/8/8/8/4K3; the example is intentionally narrower than the topic label and should not be generalised without checking the surrounding position..
Practical boundary: To answer “When is game result markers legal, what exceptions matter, and how can a player verify the rule at the board?”, compare the recorded setup with Re8 and the opponent's reply. The decision is useful only when the stated condition survives that concrete test on board 8/3k4/8/8/4R3/8/8/3K4. The evidence records The position tests the stated rule or record field; verify the relevant source when a procedural decision matters and the second board signature r1:8 | r2:3k4 | r3:8 | r4:8 | r5:4R3 | r6:8 | r7:8 | r8:3K4. The false-positive test is whether checkmate versus stalemate appears without the capture marker in notation, so the conclusion is useful only when the stated condition survives that concrete test.
Evidence positions
example-1: a position reconstructed from notation
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Game Result Markers: preserve side to move, check markers and move numbering while rebuilding the board. Candidate line: Kg7.
Why this position is here: Game Result Markers is represented by a position reconstructed from notation. This is a direct FEN setup with board anchor 3R1k2/8/8/8/8/8/8/4K3; no opening history is inferred from the diagram.
FEN: 3R1k2/8/8/8/8/8/8/4K3 b - - 3 2
Question: What is the first concrete decision in this game result markers position?
Answer cue: Game Result Markers: preserve side to move, check markers and move numbering while rebuilding the board. Candidate line: Kg7. The first candidate to test is Kg7. Replay Kg7 on board anchor 3R1k2/8/8/8/8/8/8/4K3 and write down what changes after it.
Evidence boundary: The position tests the stated rule or record field; verify the relevant source when a procedural decision matters.
example-2: a position reconstructed from notation
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Game Result Markers: preserve side to move, check markers and move numbering while rebuilding the board. Candidate line: Re8.
Why this position is here: Game Result Markers is represented by a position reconstructed from notation. This is a direct FEN setup with board anchor 8/3k4/8/8/4R3/8/8/3K4; no opening history is inferred from the diagram.
FEN: 8/3k4/8/8/4R3/8/8/3K4 w - - 2 2
Question: What is the first concrete decision in this game result markers position?
Answer cue: Game Result Markers: preserve side to move, check markers and move numbering while rebuilding the board. Candidate line: Re8. The first candidate to test is Re8. Replay Re8 on board anchor 8/3k4/8/8/4R3/8/8/3K4 and write down what changes after it.
Evidence boundary: The position tests the stated rule or record field; verify the relevant source when a procedural decision matters.
Reading the record
Read the first example (id example-1) as a complete record: continuation Kg7, source pgn-specification. This is a direct FEN setup with board anchor 3R1k2/8/8/8/8/8/8/4K3; no opening history is inferred from the diagram. If A does not expose a position reconstructed from notation, correct the evidence before relying on the prose.
Read the second example (id example-2) separately: continuation Re8, source pgn-specification. Its feature is a position reconstructed from notation; inventory side White; pieces Black king d7, White rook e4, White king d1; legal first moves Re5, Re6, Re7+, Re8, Rf4, Rg4, Rh4, Re3. Compare what changes between Kg7 and Re8.
Common confusions
The main mistake to avoid with Game Result Markers is remembering a simplified slogan while overlooking a history field, exception or procedural condition. In A, the missing condition must be located in r1:3R1k2 | r2:8 | r3:8 | r4:8 | r5:8 | r6:8 | r7:8 | r8:4K3 after Kg7; in B, test it against r1:8 | r2:3k4 | r3:8 | r4:8 | r5:4R3 | r6:8 | r7:8 | r8:3K4 after Re8.
For Game Result Markers, the first board's evidence boundary (after Kg7) is The position tests the stated rule or record field; verify the relevant source when a procedural decision matters. The second board's evidence boundary for Game Result Markers is The position tests the stated rule or record field; verify the relevant source when a procedural decision matters. If a trusted source or careful calculation changes the conclusion around resignation versus a draw offer, update both the evidence record and this article.
Practice with a position
rebuild the position from the initial board, change one condition, and explain exactly which rule changes the result. Start with A's side to move and r1:3R1k2 | r2:8 | r3:8 | r4:8 | r5:8 | r6:8 | r7:8 | r8:4K3; record two candidates, the reply to Kg7 and the correction. Repeat with B's side to move and r1:8 | r2:3k4 | r3:8 | r4:8 | r5:4R3 | r6:8 | r7:8 | r8:3K4; the changed board tests transfer rather than diagram memory.
After the drill, compare your notes with Capture Notation, Chess Annotation Symbols, Illegal Move Penalties through the capture marker in notation. Keep A's rejected alternative beside B's chosen line Re8; this shows whether the conclusion survived a new board signature.
Sources and scope
Sources for Game Result Markers: FIDE Laws of Chess, 1chess.online editorial scope, Portable Game Notation Specification. Source ids are fide-laws, original-analysis, pgn-specification. Primary evidence hook: pgn-specification. Comparisons and practice notes are editorial. Evidence revision: 2026-08-remediation-r2.
Scope note for board pair r1:3R1k2 | r2:8 | r3:8 | r4:8 | r5:8 | r6:8 | r7:8 | r8:4K3 / r1:8 | r2:3k4 | r3:8 | r4:8 | r5:4R3 | r6:8 | r7:8 | r8:3K4: this page does not claim that Kg7 is an engine principal variation, that an exact endgame result is verified when the evidence says it is not, or that a tool output replaces human calculation. The conclusion is limited to the recorded boundary and the exception checkmate versus stalemate.