Author: Francesco Di Tolla
Date: 03:27:06 05/16/00
I have a new idea, I think that the problem between Fritz and Tiviakov is mainly due to the incompatibility between sudden-death ending and computer participation to tournaments. It is clear to anybody that computers are much stronger than most GM's at blitz, and also that we are NOT interested in testing blitz-chess in a regular tournament. The sudden-death ending of the games with one hour or 30' as third time control was introduced to help humans and save them from the physical effort of having to play long games or adjourned ones. It is clear to me that the sudden death is fine if you have two humans (or two computers) facing each other, but it is also clear to me that it is not 100% fair when it comes to human vs. computer. The solution I see is that the sudden-death ending of the games should be played (at least between humans and computers) with a Fischer clock, and a little inc for the last time control. 10 seconds are enough for a GM to win a simple won position. (I think FIDE is already suggesting some solution like that as a general replacement of the sudden-death In such a case the operator would not have had any reason to offer draw and most probably Tiviakov would have had used his 2 minutes+ inc to win. regards Franz
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