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

Author: blass uri

Date: 20:28:56 10/28/98

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On October 28, 1998 at 21:01:36, Howard Exner wrote:

>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.

white won the game and there is no reason for white to force a draw.

Uri



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