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Subject: Re: Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 05:32:38 05/01/00

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On May 01, 2000 at 06:29:16, Chris Taylor wrote:

>I was checking through the latest moves, in my latest tournament.  On two
>computers, and found this gem.
>
>Shredder 4.00 was on a Celeron_500 Hash 96Mb_Eval_32Mb I think it is set up for
>the best play, all sounds and commentary off Endgame turbo, all of it.
>
>Fritz 6a  Amd_450 128Mb Hash.  Endgame turbo, all of it. Nimzo7.32.ctg book
>
>The following game with the result? A DRAW? 60 mins each.
>I don't know what went wrong, with the Fritz evaluation.  For Shredder to escape
>with a draw, is a wonderful swindle!  Or, for Fritz to draw this won ending,
>smacks of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory??  Fritz spots mates, tons
>of them, and writes these into the pgn file.  Why did it not win?
>From move 90 onwards?  The result stands cus white could not press home the
>advantage?  Pity to throw away a win though?
>
>Chris Taylor
>

Hello Chris,
I gave your game to my version of Fritz and started the game at move 111 when
the pawn was Queened.  My Fritz mated on move 115 after Qd5+ Kb4 _K_d_4_ etc.
I suspect you have a problem with your Fritz or your KQK tablebase.
Jim Walker



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