Author: Will Singleton
Date: 17:08:38 01/29/00
In my game today against Crafty, I resigned for Amateur in the following
position:
[d]1r1n2k1/1pNqbprp/p2p3Q/3P4/2R2p2/PP2pP1R/6PP/4N1K1 b - - 0 26
Let's assume that an operator can resign for his program (I believe that's the
usual case; nd in any case, no rules were established prior to the match).
Given the fact the Crafty runs about 4 times faster than Amateur, and that I was
showing a -3 score, and Hyatt had kibitzed a +4 score, and that Crafty had twice
the time on his clock, and that Amateur was showing thru his pv that he didn't
really understand how bad it was, I felt it was appropriate to resign. Not
doing so could have been construed as an insult to Crafty under the
circumstances.
Now, since I have no tournament experience, I'm asking, was it correct to
resign? If not, can you show me why?
This event was very exciting, btw. Even had sweaty palms when I sacced the pawn
to get the position.
Will
[Event "ICC 75 10 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2000.01.29"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Amateur"]
[Black "crafty"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Canal-Sokolsky attack, Bronstein gambit"]
[ECO "B52"]
[NIC "SI.01"]
[Time "15:32:45"]
[TimeControl "4500+10"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 cxd4
8. cxd4 Nxe4 9. d5 Nd8 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Bg5 e5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nc3 Rg8 14.
Re4 Be7 15. Rh4 Qf5 16. Nb5 Kf8 17. Rc1 Rg7 18. Rcc4 a6 19. Nc7 Rb8 20. a3
Kg8 21. Ne1 Qd7 22. Qh5 f5 23. Rh3 f4 24. b3 e4 25. f3 e3 26. Qh6
{White resigns}
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