Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 06:42:46 05/16/00
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On May 16, 2000 at 09:03:49, blass uri wrote: >On May 16, 2000 at 07:34:15, Frederic Friedel wrote: > >>On May 16, 2000 at 06:06:32, Adrien Regimbald wrote: >> >>>Fritz' operator should not have made a draw offer in that position. >>>Technically, the operator has no right to have any interaction at the board that >>>is not directed by the program - ie. the operator can't offer a draw unless the >>>program somehow indicates that it wants to offer one. >>> >>>Offering a draw in such circumstances is in extremely poor chess manners. >>>Making a draw offer in a losing position when your opponent is in time trouble >>>is not generally considered an honourable thing to do - if you wish to be >>>honourable in such a position, you aknowledge that you've been beaten by your >>>opponent and resign. >>> >>>To make matters worse - offering a draw in such positions could get Fritz in >>>some serious trouble in the game. Such a draw offer could be considered an >>>attempt to distract one's opponent and could result in a penalty (I believe >>>different federations have different rules, so I won't speculate on what this >>>would be for this particular incident). >>> >> >>Tiviakov was down to two minutes, and it was clear that he would not be able to >>win (promote a pawn, trade down to an elementary win) within that time. > >Maybe it was clear for you but it was not clear for me. >I have more respect for GM's and I do not assume that they cannot win in 2 >minutes. >It is not obvious. > > Fritz >>had more than half an hour and could have easily run Tiviakov down to zero. >>Frans Morsch offered the draw for one sole purpose: to say "GM Tiviakov, I do >>not wish to win this game on time". There is no other legal way of saying this >>during the game. > >He could wait and offer a draw only when he see that tiviakov has 1 second to >finish the game when it is really obvious that he has no chance to win. Tiviakov had also a chance to end up losing because of the time pressure. He already blundered the win away a couple of moves before the end. So in my opinion Frans showed his usual fair play, as he did in some games before. Enrique >Uri
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