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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