Author: Jason Williamson
Date: 13:55:57 05/16/00
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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. 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. What is don't understand is, if the position was truely A: losing for Fritz, B: Drawn, how could fritz win on time. As I mentioned eariler Section 10 of the FIDE laws of chess prohibit a player from winning on time in a position where he has no normal means of winning, what that means is if he cannot win the game without the help of time trouble blunders or flagging. I guess I really should have a look at the position.... :)
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