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Subject: Re: ISR results - Take a final look to verify. Thanks!

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 20:01:51 05/21/00

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On May 21, 2000 at 20:44:07, Dave Gomboc wrote:

>On May 19, 2000 at 01:49:24, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote:
>
>>On May 18, 2000 at 20:41:19, Pierre Bourget wrote:
>>
>>>Here are the last 4 games from the final 11th round:
>>
>>(snip)
>>
>>>[PlyCount "71"]
>>>[Event "ISR-ch"]
>>>[Site "Israel"]
>>>[Date "2000.05.12"]
>>>[Round "11.5"]
>>>[White "Liflend, I."]
>>>[Black "Shredder 6, Comp"]
>>>[Result "1-0"]
>>>[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
>>>[ECO "A31"]
>>>[MLNrOfMoves "35"]
>>>[MLFlags "000100"]
>>>
>>>1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nc2 b5 6. cxb5 Bb7 7. Nc3 d5 8. e3
>>>Nbd7 9. Be2 Rc8 10. O-O Bd6 11. f4 O-O 12. Kh1 Qe7 13. Bf3 Qe6 14. Bd2 Ne4 15.
>>>f5 Qe7 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Be2 Nf6 18. Bc3 Nd5 19. Qe1 Rc7 20. Rd1 Qf6 21. Qd2
>>>Rfc8 22. Ne1 Bc5 23. Nc2 Bf8 24. a4 Nxc3 25. bxc3 Rxc3 26. Ne1 Ba3 27. Qd7 R3c7
>>>28. Qd2 Bc1 29. Qb4 Bxe3 30. a5 Bd4 31. Rb1 Rc3 32. b6 axb6 33. axb6 R3c6 34.
>>>Qa4 Qh4 35. Bb5 Rh6 36. h3 {Black lost in time!} 1-0
>>>
>>>Sorry rating unknown for Gohvat and Liflend.
>>>
>>>Pierre
>>
>>Shredder's score in the final position is +17.87 for black. I still can't
>>believe that this game was really lost :-(
>>
>>Stefan
>>
>>PS: It is still Shredder 4 not 6.
>
>Mr. Liflend played on to win on time in a -17 position?
>And people are worried about Frans Morsch offering a draw on behalf of Fritz?
><shaking head>
>
>Dave


You noticed that?

:)

Of course computers should resign at -2.  A GM says so.  But a human should not
resign in a dead lost position, because he is a human.  And he can use the clock
to win no matter what the score.

I don't know why we are so confused here... it all makes perfect sense.

:)



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