Author: Uri Blass
Date: 00:03:16 10/22/02
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On October 22, 2002 at 02:39:00, Tony Werten wrote: >On October 21, 2002 at 18:24:27, John Merlino wrote: > >>On October 21, 2002 at 17:50:16, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >> >>>On October 21, 2002 at 17:36:06, John Merlino wrote: >>> >>>>Fascinating. I'll be sure to ask Johan about it. Are you sure you are not off >>>>by one move? If, after Bxh6, Sjeng played Bf8, then my CM9000 needs only 21 >>>>seconds to (coincidentally?) announce Mate in 13. So, my suspicion (which, of >>>>course, could be totally wrong) is that TheKing had already played Bxh6, and >>>>was pondering on Bf8, which Sjeng played. That WOULD result in an instant >>>>announcement of Mate in 13, with Qg4+. >>> >>>You're making me doubt :) >>> >>>The game log shows that after Qg4 Sjeng saw mate in the selective >>>search and thus announced 'Lost in at most 250' :) I thought The >>>King saw it another move before us, which would have been Bxh6. >>> >>>But I'm not sure... >>> >>>-- >>>GCP >> >>Well, maybe it saw it a HALF-move before you? To further my suspicion, it is >>almost certain the TheKing would have been pondering on Bf8, as it takes quite >>some time to see that Qe4 is "better", and probably would not have had time to >>do so during the game. >> >>I like that announcement, BTW. I'll be sure to use that in the next OTB game I >>play.... >> >>jm >> >>p.s. What I want to know is how Djenghis drew ANYBODY. It sure played some poor >>chess in the earlier rounds.... Well, I just looked at the game, and Djenghis >>actually gave away the win.... Sad.... > >He had a choice: take the draw or go for the win with the risk of running out of >time. Since the timing had been very bad he choose for the draw. ( With some >subtile pressure from his opponent "if you want a draw you should offer it now >because I'm not sure I will take it in a few moves" ) No Based on looking at the game it was not a draw offer. It seems that Djenghis has no repetition detection(otherwise I cannot understand the move Ke4) 4k3/3nbp1p/6p1/3Q2P1/2PN1B2/r3K3/7P/8 w - - 0 34 am Ke4 Every move wins(even Nb3) except the move of the game. Uri
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