Author: Francesco Di Tolla
Date: 02:54:25 05/16/00
Please note that Tiviakov considerations might look childish to some, but he has some arguments: firts: FIDE states that the opponent of a computer can suggest that the computer program should resign as the follwong excerpt from fide rules on the partecipations of computer programs states http://mail.worldfide.com/cgi-bin/handbook.pl?level=E&level=E3: "3.2 The operator may accept or refuse the player's offer of a draw as provided in the FIDE laws. The player may suggest that the computer should resign, and the operator may resign on behalf of the computer. In each case, before deciding, the operator may consult, in the presence of the arbiter, a previously nominated person accepted by the arbiter." So his statement "Fritz had to resign" is not completely nonsens. second: the operator can offer a draw only if the program is asking it "3.3 Only if the computer itself so instructs him may the operator offer a draw, or claim a draw by repetition." In this case it would be nice to know if the program was asking draw or the operator just speculating on the zeitnot of the player (Tiviakov had a won position and 2 minutes to prove it). I would like to stress that FIDE laws (art 9.1 and 12.5 http://mail.worldfide.com/cgi-bin/handbook.pl?level=E&level=E1&level=01& ) specifically forbid to use a single or repeated draw-offers (especially, when not made at the correct moment, i.e. when the operator had just moved and before to press the clock) as a mean to distract the opponent. In this case there were no repeated offers of a draw, but a single one in a clearly lost position, which to Tiviakov might have sounded like "you know you risk to loose on time, take the draw now", which can be considered a way to disturb the opponent that knows that he can have a draw "when he wants". In Open tournaments, were the referee is not on every board, this things happen often (and often it is even worse) but in this case I expect that there was a referee nearby to check this panic ending of the game. After all my judgment will depend on two facts: - did Fritz ask for a draw on the screen? - did the operator execute the offer properly (this is particularly important during the opponent time-trouble)? Note that Tiviakov blundered (115...Kxf5 instead of 115...Ke4 -+) just a bit after that offer. We should understand that he might be upset for either having been disturbed or having spontanously wasted his advantage, and somebody should verify the events in my opinion. regards Franz
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