Author: Jason Williamson
Date: 20:55:47 08/16/00
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On August 16, 2000 at 22:10:38, Martin Grabriel wrote: >what do you think of the following: > >(a) To be fair in running engine tournaments under Chessbase GUI, once the >tournament is completed, the games should be inspected. Where one program lost >on time in a drawish position, the user should re-adjudicate the game as a draw >so that fairness is ensured since the problem with the time-out could be an >interface probelm. Is this correct? > >(b) wbNimzo2000b (white) against Junior6a (black) in a G/15 game. Junior6a lost >on time. I looked at the position and think that white should win even if the >game continues. Is this correct? > > >[D]8/8/8/3B4/8/2r3k1/7p/3R3K w - - Ask yourself this question...how does white mate. To mate he needs to first get the pawn, to get the pawn he needs to get his rook off the backrank, which mates...if he checks, the king steps back one, but then the rook cant attack the pawn with out allowing the king to go back. Thus the only way for white really to play is shuffle the pieces around. Conclusion is draw under FIDE Article 10. (You can claim a draw if your opponent is not trying to win by normal means.) JW
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