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Subject: Re: All the favorites have won except Junior which is losing to SOS

Author: Aaron Tay

Date: 09:35:15 08/21/00

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On August 21, 2000 at 12:20:16, Uri Blass wrote:

>On August 21, 2000 at 12:13:53, James T. Walker wrote:
>
>>On August 21, 2000 at 11:20:14, Aaron Tay wrote:
>>
>>>On August 21, 2000 at 11:18:50, Peter Skinner wrote:
>>>
>>>>On August 21, 2000 at 11:05:35, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Will SOS be a big surprise or junior has not made any major improvements, like
>>>>>the rest of the top programs?.
>>>>
>>>>Not really, SOS is a good program, and the SOS version on the Young Talents CD
>>>>is very good, maybe this is an even more updated version.. it could be even
>>>>stronger... the postion looks very good for SOS...
>>>
>>>Assuming if SOS wins, can anyone predict what the next round pairings will be?
>>>
>>>And if a draw..?
>>
>>If Junior draws this game it will be a miracle!
>
>I saw only the position after move 55  of white and I disagree that drawing will
>be a miracle.
>
>I think that there is a practical chance for a draw by perpetual check in queen
>endgames and in comp-comp games it is possible also to win if Sos is going to
>sacrifice pawns to avoid perpetual check and get an unclear KQP vs KQP position.
>
>Uri

You might be right of course. But I suspect it's a win..But a draw is not a
complete miracle..



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