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Subject: Re: Deep Junior forced to take null game in won position---BS

Author: Otello Gnaramori

Date: 15:32:37 04/25/02

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On April 25, 2002 at 18:24:11, Roy Eassa wrote:

>On April 25, 2002 at 18:14:26, Mark Young wrote:
>
>>On April 25, 2002 at 17:54:45, James T. Walker wrote:
>>
>>>On April 25, 2002 at 17:40:43, Mark Young wrote:
>>>
>>>>.
>>>Can you give a winning line for the final position.  I would be interested in
>>>seeing a win since Junior couldn't seem to find one.
>>>Jim
>>
>>GM Smirin says the games was lost. GM Smirin offerd his resignation to Shay.
>>Shay Refused the Resignation and offerd draw. GM Smirin refused to take a draw
>>in a lost position.....So the game will be replayed. In short DJ won the game,
>>but for reasons only known to Shay he would not take the win. IMO the win is
>>valid and he should of taken the win since GM Smirin was in a dead lost
>>position, the Tech problems happend after the position was dead lost for GM
>>Smirin.
>
>
>It sounds like Shay offered to resign on Junior's behalf due to technical
>problems, but Smirin refused the resignation.

Yes, that's ironic, Junior was winning and probably a BSOD or something similar
to that happened to hang the computer...

w.b.r.
Otello




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