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Subject: Re: To win the wc of computerchess... (not antichess but drawchess) .

Author: Otello Gnaramori

Date: 14:29:07 03/22/02

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On March 22, 2002 at 14:56:13, martin fierz wrote:

>>>
>>>this was not drawish strategy at all...
>>>i bet gulko was in time trouble in the final position and that's why he took the
>>>draw. can anyone confirm this?

I followed the game (unfortunately) and I can confirm he wasn't in time trouble,
he had almost same time of Junior for the entire game.

look at it - he has 2 pawns more, why would he
>>>take a draw there?

He _definitely_ played deliberately for a draw with eccentric moves tending to
keep closed the pos. and I think that moving the Knights back and forth , or the
King back and forth (on same places...) doesn't require much brain effort.

w.b.r.
Otello

>i replayed the game, i did not follow it. of course there was a lot of
>maneuvering around of the pieces, but sometimes, that is all you can do.
>watching chess games is *never* boring to me, as long as i can think about what
>i would be going to play next - and in such a closed position you have a lot to
>think about...
>
>aloha
>  martin



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