Author: Stefan Meyer-Kahlen
Date: 08:54:55 05/16/00
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On May 16, 2000 at 10:28:24, blass uri wrote: >On May 16, 2000 at 08:55:38, Dan Kiski wrote: > >>On May 16, 2000 at 07:09:13, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote: >> >>> >>>On May 16, 2000 at 04:38:10, Hans Gerber wrote: >>> >>>>On May 16, 2000 at 02:51:37, Bruce Moreland wrote: >>> >>>[snip] >>> >>>>3. It was F. Morsch who dared to propose draw in the time pressure of the human >>>>player and in a completely lost position. >>>> >>>>4. F. Morsch behaved impolitely and without respect. Because you don't propose >>>>draw in lost positions (as operator of a machine). >>> >>>[snip] >>> >>>I guess that Frans offered the draw because he was so nice not wanting to win >>>the game on time. >>This bout sums it all up. complaints would have been louder if fritz won the >>game on time. > >I disagree. >If fritz won on time I will not say nothing. >I also do not think that Fritz could win on time. >Fritz all the time evaluated the position as better for tiviakov so tiviakov >could draw by repetition if he wanted and I think that the rules let tiviakov to >stop the clocks and claim a draw. > >I am not sure about it but the rules in the Israeli league let a player with >less than 2 minutes on the clock to stop the clocks and ask for a draw if the >opponent has no practical chance to win except winning on time. >I did in a position of king and bishop against king,knight and pawn when my >opponent had the advantage and the decision was that it is a draw. > >Uri In the final position there are still many chances for white to win if the opponent blunders. It is not a position were you can claim a draw. I also don't see how black can easily force a draw by repetition if he wants to. Stefan
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