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Subject: Re: Draw due to lack of blockade detection...

Author: Omid David

Date: 08:04:02 10/04/02

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On October 04, 2002 at 10:51:48, Uri Blass wrote:

>On October 04, 2002 at 10:34:43, Omid David wrote:
>
>>Just today we had a discussion regarding the importance of blockade draw
>>detections http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?255950
>>
>>Had Fritz implemented such a scheme, it wouldn't have stepped into the drawing
>>variation.
>
>The question is if Fritz could win the game without going to the pawn endgame.
>If it could not do it(and it seems to me to be the case) then it practically
>changed nothing.
>
>[D]3k4/2p1b3/1p2p1p1/p1p1P2p/P1P3P1/1P5P/5P2/2B3K1 w - - 0 25
>
>25.h4 is forcing a draw because it is clear that after 25...hxg4 the move 26.Bg5
>is forced in order not to lose material.
>
>The problem is that I think that white has no way to win the game and never had
>a way to win.

Anyway, so easily entering into an obvious draw, isn't exactly what you expect
from a grandmaster level program to do. Fritz might have had a win, or not;
nevertheless it shouldn't have played in a way a kid won't.

>
>Uri






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