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Subject: Re: Fritz 5 Vs Junior 5 40/2hr Game 7 (help needed with this game)

Author: Howard Exner

Date: 18:01:36 10/28/98

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On October 28, 1998 at 11:41:10, Mark Young wrote:

>Game 7
>
>Fritz 5  1/2 1/2 1 1 1/2 1/2 1
>
>Junior5  1/2 1/2 0 0 1/2 1/2 0
>
>Can someone tell me at what point in this game is Junior 5 lost?

Here is the position at move 62.
8/6k1/3q2p1/8/4QN2/pP6/Pb2K3/8 w - - id Fritz 5.00/16Bit - Junior 5.0; bm Qxg6;

It is unlikely that this position would be solved by any program without a
special knowledge code. Just as programs now recognize the draw patterns in
wrong colored bishops with the rook pawn so too would they need the knowledge of
this draw. It is as common a theme as the wrong colored bishop one (twice
I've drawn games to chess programs on chessnet with the operators probably
wondering why I was playing on).

The sequence 62. Qxg6+ Qxg6 63. Nxg6 Kxg6 is drawn. The white king reaches
the a1 corner and cannot be ousted. I nice swindle.



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