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Subject: Re: The Fairy Tales of alleged cheating in the Kramnik exhibition

Author: Mark Young

Date: 19:34:22 10/21/02

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On October 21, 2002 at 00:03:30, Brian Katz wrote:

>  What I do not understand is   How on Earth would Deep-Fritz 7 accept an
>unforced draw in 21 moves. Even if the Drawing parameters are set lower.
>  On ICC games my Fritz 7 programs plays on for quite a long time in drawn
>positions.
>   Something like this makes me wonder if the match was fixed.
>Any opinions??
>Brian Katz

Deep Fritz did not accept the draw. The operators of Fritz accept or decline
draw offers. The program had no say what so ever.

Being down 2 game and having the world champion offer the program a draw in the
last game for a sure tie match was just too much for the fritz team to pass up.



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