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Subject: Re: Why played Fritz 6b 92...Kg8?

Author: José Carlos

Date: 10:42:17 08/13/01

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On August 13, 2001 at 12:06:59, Uri Blass wrote:

>On August 13, 2001 at 09:43:13, José Carlos wrote:
>
>>On August 13, 2001 at 07:43:09, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>On August 13, 2001 at 07:14:11, Eduard Nemeth wrote:
>>>
>>>>On August 13, 2001 at 06:44:56, Eduard Nemeth wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Fritz 6b (Engine from 200.12.16) played strong, but he chrashed me not!
>>>>>
>>>>>Endposition:
>>>>>
>>>>>[D]6k1/1bb2rp1/p3r2p/2p1n1pP/PpPpPpP1/1P1P1P1R/2BN1N2/1K5R w - -
>>>>>
>>>>>Fritz played no more a5. He makes a draw with Kg8 and a score +1.80 for
>>>>>him!?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>[Event "Blitz 30'"]
>>>>>[Site "?"]
>>>>>[Date "2001.??.??"]
>>>>>[Round "?"]
>>>>>[White "Nemeth,Eduard"]
>>>>>[Black "Fritz 6b,64MB,P600"]
>>>>>[ECO "C20"]
>>>>>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>>>>>
>>>>>1. e4 e5 2. Qf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Na5 5. Bb5 a6 6. Ba4
>>>>>b5 7. Bc2 c5 8. b3 d5 9. d3 d4 10. c4 Nc6 11. a3 Bd6 12. g3
>>>>>O-O 13. h3 Be6 14. Bg5 Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Bc1 Bc7 17. Qe2
>>>>>b4 18. a4 Qa5 19. f3 Nh5 20. Qf2 Ne7 21. g4 Nf4 22. Bxf4
>>>>>exf4 23. Nd2 Rad8 24. O-O-O Rfe8 25. Ne2 Qb6 26. Kb2 Rd7
>>>>>27. h4 Qc6 28. h5 f6 29. Rde1 h6 30. Rhg1 Qb6 31. Qh2 Qd6
>>>>>32. Ra1 Nc6 33. Qg2 Qe5 34. Qf1 Rde7 35. Rg2 Bc8 36. Ng1
>>>>>Bb7 37. Nh3 Kh7 38. Nf2 Kh8 39. Qh1 Re6 40. Qh4 Kh7 41. Rh1
>>>>>Qg5 42. Qxg5 fxg5 43. Rgg1 R6e7 44. Rh3 Ne5 45. Rgh1 Rd8
>>>>>46. R3h2 Re6 47. Kc1 Kg8 48. Kd1 Rdd6 49. Kc1 Re8 50. Kd1
>>>>>Rde6 51. Kc1 Kh7 52. Kd1 R8e7 53. Kc1 Kh8 54. Kb1 Kg8
>>>>>55. Kc1 Rf6 56. Kd1 Re8 57. Kc1 Rf7 58. Kb1 Rfe7 59. Kc1
>>>>>Bc6 60. Kb2 Kh7 61. Kc1 Rf8 62. Kb2 Ree8 63. Kb1 Re6
>>>>>64. Kc1 Rf7 65. Kb2 Rfe7 66. Rh3 Rd7 67. Kc1 Re8 68. Kd1
>>>>>Rde7 69. Kc1 Rd8 70. Kb2 Ra8 71. Kb1 Bb7 72. Ka2 Re6
>>>>>73. Kb2 Rae8 74. Kc1 Bc6 75. Kb2 Kg8 76. Kc1 Kh8 77. Kd1
>>>>>Ba8 78. Kc1 R8e7 79. R1h2 Kg8 80. Kb2 Bb7 81. Kc1 Bc6
>>>>>82. Kb2 Re8 83. Kb1 Rf8 84. Kb2 Bb7 85. Kb1 Kh8 86. Kb2
>>>>>Rfe8 87. Kb1 Kh7 88. Kb2 Ba8 89. Kb1 R8e7 90. Kb2 Bb7
>>>>>91. Kb1 Rf7 92. Rh1 Kg8 1/2-1/2
>>>>>
>>>>>Eduard
>>>>
>>>>Fritz 6b makes a draw with 50-rules move 92...Kg8 (score was -1.75!), I can this
>>>>not understand?
>>>
>>>Fritz simply does not consider the 50 move rule in the evaluation.
>>>I believe that it helps him to search more nodes per second
>>>and the demage is not big because in most of the cases
>>>when fritz needs a pawn move or a capture in order to avoid the
>>>50 move rule draw,
>>>avoiding the 50 move rule draw is only going to make the game longer
>>>without changing the result.
>>>
>>>It is not clear if knowledge about the 50 move rule is productive
>>>in terms of rating points.
>>>
>>>Uri
>>
>>  Not very often, but sure it is, specially if you're the weak side, and find a
>>way to block pawns or something like that. But, in terms of rating points, must
>>be very small difference.
>>  However, computing it is almost free: increment an integer value and testing
>>if >100. I don't think this costs even 1 node per minute to Fritz.
>
>Do you evaluate checkmate after exactly 100 plies without conversion as a draw
>or as a checkmate?
>Note that checkmate after exactly 100 plies is a win and not a draw.

  I don't catch the checkmate then, because I detect a checkmate when I want to
move, have no legal moves, and I'm in check (this is, the next ply). I don't
care anyway. My program is too weak to bother with such a rare case.

  José C.

>You cannot use only the number of plies because using 101 is also not correct
>and if there is no checkmate after 100 plies it is a draw and a capture in the
>next move is not relevant.
>
>Uri
>>
>>  José C.



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