Author: Amir Ban
Date: 01:44:31 07/27/98
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On July 26, 1998 at 23:14:45, blass uri wrote: >In this match fritz5 won 12:8 but when I looked at the games I saw that >in 1 of the games Junior lost in time at move 156 in a draw position. >fritz has only king and bishop when Junior had king bishop and a pawn. This game should be judged to be a draw, not a loss. The Fritz shell uses a wrong interpretation of the rules. The correct rule is that when one side is out of time, it loses the game only if there is some possible continuation to a position where it is on move and cannot avoid mate-in-one. Otherwise it's drawn. This is not the same thing as the possibility of help-mate. By the rule, it is always a loss when the opponent has a pawn, or at least a rook. In the situation described of KBP out of time against KB it is always a draw. The intent of the rule is not to award a win when it is technically impossible. Amir
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