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Subject: Re: Is THIS what happened?

Author: Bob Durrett

Date: 14:05:27 11/30/03

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On November 30, 2003 at 14:17:32, Steve Maughan wrote:

>Stuart,
>
>This is what I've managed to piece together:
>
>Shredder was white playing against Jonny.  Shredder was winning but close to the
>end a bug in Shredder's code meant that it allowed Jonny the opportunity for a
>draw by 3 fold repetition.  Jonny didn't recognize the draw - the Fritz GUI that
>Jonny was using did recognize the draw.  Jonny's opperator made the move that
>leads to the draw.  This is the incorrect way of claiming the draw - he should
>have announce that he was claiming the draw *before* making the move.  This gave
>Shredder a second chance and Jonny was soon mated.
>
>Hope this is correct.
>
>Regards,
>
>Steve

Assuming that your analysis is completely correct, then it would be concluded
that humans stole the title from it's rightful owner, Fritz.  Right?

Bob D.



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