Author: Joachim Rang
Date: 06:01:34 02/10/03
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On February 10, 2003 at 08:40:33, Francesco Di Tolla wrote: >I'd like to stress this sentence: > >"After this move Boris, in his gentle way, became more insistent: 28. f4 f6 and >the black king comes to e6. If white now plays a5, said Boris, then I as black >play b5 and I want to win! We both could see on the analysis machine that Junior >wanted to play a5 in every possible variation. I had to agree that Boris was >making more sense than Deep Junior." > >I don't understand from the postings who did the second draw offer and I don't >think it brakes any rule. > >Still I think that offerting or accepting a draw just beacuse you see the >program is going to play a weak move or a blunder is not what I would like to >see, especially with a GM helping the team in such a decision. > >On the other side what should the operator do if he sees a negatve score when he >gets a draw offer? Shoul he tell the opponent "no thanks, I don't take the draw >offer because you are better?". >Even from a scientific viewpoint the fear of the human player is a part of the >"experiment". > >regards >Franz a5 is not a weak move. Nevertheless it is probably not a strong move. The position is probably better for black but still drawish, almost all programs show evaluation between +0.5 and -0.5 Theris is no forced win for black and if there is one, it is still a long way. The DJ Team realizes, that the winning chances are probably on the black side and decided to offer a draw, since Kaspy already offered a draw and showed his will to end this game and match. There is nothing unfair or dubious in that decision. It is only very annoying for the audience, which expected a spectacular last game and an attempt from Kaspy to win the match (me too).
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