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Subject: Re: Why Did Fritz Accept A Draw After 28 Moves? GREAT Occasion On Saturday!

Author: Bob Durrett

Date: 08:27:02 10/17/02

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On October 17, 2002 at 10:20:54, Graham Laight wrote:

>Admittedly, both players were only doing shuffle moves - but Fritz should have
>made Vladimir play on and possibly make a mistake.
>
>Oh well.
>
>The good news is that Saturday is going to be a truly historic day for our
>sport.
>
>The suspense is unbearable!
>
>-g

Did Fritz, the engine, offer a draw, or accept a draw?

Or, was it one of the human operators of the machine?

To me, this makes a huge difference.  It would be easy for Kramnik to convince
the Fritz operators to call it a draw but not so easy to "convince" the engine.

Bob D.



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