Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 14:57:30 07/02/02
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On July 02, 2002 at 17:10:59, Matthew White wrote: >On July 02, 2002 at 15:52:27, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On July 02, 2002 at 14:44:43, chris whitmer wrote: >> >>>Hi, my comp was playing a game at fics and it was winning and the program(Hiarcs >>>8) offered a draw when it was a king, queen and a pawn vs. just a king so why >>>would it offer a draw? is this a bug or something any help would be appreciated. >>>Here is the pgn: >>> >>> >>> [Event "ICS Rated blitz match"] >>>[Site "freechess.org"] >>>[Date "2002.07.03"] >>>[Round "-"] >>>[White "Hiarcs8"] >>>[Black "Crafty18.15"] >>>[Result "*"] >>>[WhiteElo "2599"] >>>[BlackElo "2468"] >>>[TimeControl "300+3"] >>> >>>1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd2 Nbd7 >>>8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Qc2 a6 10. Nh4 g6 11. O-O Ne4 12. Nf3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 O-O 14. >>>e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Re8 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Be2 Qf6 18. Rac1 Re7 19. Rc7 Bd5 20. >>>Rfc1 b5 21. Bd1 Rae8 22. h3 Nf8 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. b4 Ne6 25. Rc8+ Kg7 26. >>>Rc3 Nf4 27. Kh2 Ne6 28. Kg1 h6 29. Ra3 Nf4 30. Kh2 Bb7 31. Rc3 Nd5 32. Rc2 >>>Nb6 33. Be2 Bd5 34. Rc3 Nc4 35. Bxc4 bxc4 36. Ne1 Re4 37. Nc2 Be6 38. f3 >>>Rh4 39. Ra3 Bc8 40. Kg1 Bf5 41. Ne3 Rxd4 42. Qc3 Be6 43. Rxa6 Bxh3 44. Kf2 >>>Be6 45. b5 Rd3 46. Qxf6+ Kxf6 47. Ke2 Rc3 48. Kd2 Rd3+ 49. Ke2 Rd4 50. Ra4 >>>Ke7 51. Rb4 Kd8 52. a4 Rd3 53. a5 Rb3 54. Rxb3 cxb3 55. Kd3 Kc8 56. Kc3 d5 >>>57. Nd1 d4+ 58. Kxd4 Kb7 59. Kc3 Bd7 60. b6 Be6 61. Nf2 Kc6 62. Ne4 f5 63. >>>b7 Kc7 64. Nc5 Bc4 65. a6 Bxa6 66. Nxa6+ Kxb7 67. Nb4 Kc7 68. Kxb3 Kd6 69. >>>Kc4 g5 70. Nd5 Ke6 71. Kd4 Kd6 72. Nf6 Ke6 73. Nh5 Kf7 74. Ke5 Kg6 75. Nf6 >>>g4 76. f4 Kf7 77. Nxg4 fxg4 78. Kf5 g3 79. Kg4 Kg7 80. Kxg3 Kg6 81. Kf3 h5 >>>82. Ke4 h4 83. Ke5 Kh6 84. f5 Kg7 85. Ke6 Kf8 86. Kf6 Ke8 87. Kg7 Ke7 88. >>>f6+ Ke6 89. f7 Ke5 90. f8=Q Ke4 91. Qb4+ Ke3 92. Qxh4 Kd3 93. Kf7 Ke3 94. >>>Ke6 Kd3 95. Kd5 Ke3 96. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2 draw by mutual agreement >> >>Must be time pressure. Only think I can think of. >> >>White(1): setboard 8/8/8/3K4/3Q4/4k3/6P1/8 b - - >>1. ... Ke2 2. Ke4 Kf1 3. Kf3 Ke1 4. Qd8 Kf1 5. Qd1# >> puzzling over a move to ponder. >>end-game phase >> clearing hash tables >> nss depth time score variation (1) >> 2 0.03 Mat04 1. ... Ke2 <HT> >> 3 0.03 Mat04 1. ... Ke2 <HT> >> 4 0.03 Mat04 1. ... Ke2 <HT> >>Black(1): Ke2 [pondering] >> clearing hash tables >> time surplus 0.00 time limit 1:00 (1:00) >> nss depth time score variation (1) >> 2 0.01 Mat04 2. Ke4 <HT> >> 2-> 0.01 Mat04 2. Ke4 <HT> >> 3 0.01 Mat04 2. Ke4 <HT> >> 3-> 0.01 Mat04 2. Ke4 <HT> >> 4 0.01 Mat04 2. Ke4 <HT> >> 4-> 0.01 Mat04 2. Ke4 <HT> >> time=0.01 cpu=0% mat=10 n=7 fh=100% nps=10k >> ext-> chk=0 cap=0 pp=0 1rep=0 mate=0 >> predicted=0 nodes=7 evals=1 >> endgame tablebase-> probes done=1 successful=1 >Black has insufficient material to mate, though. You can't lose on time if your >opponent has insufficient mating material! It wasn't a loss -- it was a draw.
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