Author: Peter Skinner
Date: 23:09:24 02/26/05
Here is a game that just took place on ICC. As you can see for 58 moves the game
is a dead draw, where no side could make any headway. Also the fact _any_ legal
move was a drawing move. Deep Shredder 9 refused to draw this position:
[Event "ICC 5 3"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2005.02.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "RebelRex"]
[Black "Petrovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ICCResult "Game drawn by the 50 move rule"]
[WhiteElo "3451"]
[BlackElo "2890"]
[Opening "French: classical, Steinitz variation"]
[ECO "C14"]
[NIC "FR.06"]
[Time "01:24:54"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8.
Nf3 b6 9. h4 c5 10. h5 Nc6 11. h6 g6 12. Qd2 c4 13. g4 b5 14. Ne2 Nb6 15.
Bg2 Bd7 16. O-O O-O-O 17. g5 Kc7 18. c3 Ra8 19. Nh2 Nb8 20. Ng4 Bc6 21. Qe3
N8d7 22. b4 Ra7 23. Kh2 Rha8 24. a3 Na4 25. Nf6 Nxf6 26. exf6 Qd6 27. Ng1
Nb6 28. Rae1 Nd7 29. Nf3 a5 30. Re2 axb4 31. axb4 Ra3 32. Kg1 R8a4 33. Rb1
Ra8 34. Rbe1 R3a4 35. Rc2 Ra3 36. Bh3 R3a6 37. Nh2 Ra3 38. Rce2 R8a4 39. Rb1
Ra8 40. Ng4 R3a6 41. Rf1 Ra3 42. Qd2 R3a6 43. Bg2 Ra3 44. Ne5 Nxe5 45. fxe5
Qf8 46. Rff2 Ra1+ 47. Re1 R1a4 48. Rd1 Ra3 49. Qe1 R3a4 50. Rc2 Ra3 51. Rcc1
Ra2 52. Rd2 R8a3 53. Bf3 Qa8 54. Kh2 Rxd2+ 55. Qxd2 Ra2 56. Rc2 Ra1 57. Bd1
Qa3 58. Bf3 Qa8 59. Kg2 Ra3 60. Kg3 Ra1 61. Kh3 Ra3 62. Bg4 Bd7 63. Kh4 Ra1
64. Bh3 Qa3 65. Rb2 Kb7 66. Rc2 Rg1 67. Bg2 Qa1 68. Bf3 Qf1 69. Qe3 Bc6 70.
Rf2 Qc1 71. Qxc1 Rxc1 72. Bg4 Bd7 73. Rf3 Rc2 74. Re3 Kc7 75. Kg3 Kd8 76.
Rf3 Ke8 77. Bh3 Kf8 78. Kf4 Bc6 79. Bg4 Bb7 80. Re3 Bc6 81. Bf3 Bb7 82. Kg3
Bc6 83. Be2 Bb7 84. Bf1 Ke8 85. Kg4 Kd7 86. Rf3 Kc7 87. Bh3 Bc8 88. Kg3 Rc1
89. Kf4 Rh1 90. Bf1 Rxf1 91. Rxf1 Ba6 92. Ra1 Kb7 93. Kf3 Kb6 94. Ke3 Kb7
95. Kf3 Kb6 96. Kg2 Bb7 97. Rf1 Bc6 98. Ra1 Bb7 99. Kf2 Bc6 100. Re1 Bb7
101. Ra1 Bc6 102. Ra2 Bb7 103. Ra3 Bc6 104. Ra1 Bb7 105. Ke2 Bc6 106. Rb1
Bb7 107. Ra1 Bc6 108. Kf3 Bb7 109. Ra3 Bc6 110. Kg4 Bb7 111. Kg3 Bc6 112.
Kg4 Bb7 113. Kg3 Bc6 114. Ra2 Bb7 115. Kf2 Bc6 116. Kg3 Bb7 117. Ra5 Ba6
118. Kf3 Kb7 119. Kg3 Kb6 120. Kf4 Kb7 121. Kg4 Kb6 122. Kf3 Kb7 123. Kf4
Kb6 124. Ke3 Kb7 125. Ke2 Kb6 126. Ke3 Kb7 127. Kf3 Kb6 128. Kg4 Kb7 129.
Ra3 Kb6 130. Kf3 Kb7 131. Ra2 Kb6 132. Rb2 Kb7 133. Rh2 Kb6 134. Ra2 Kb7
135. Ra3 Kb6 136. Kg3 Kb7 137. Ra1 Kb6 138. Rxa6+ Kxa6 139. Kf3 Kb7 140. Ke3
Ka6 141. Kd2 Kb7 142. Kd1 Ka6 143. Kd2 Kb7 144. Kd1 Ka6 145. Ke2 Ka7 146.
Kf1 Ka8 147. Kg2 Kb8 148. Kf2 Kc8 149. Ke2 Kd8 150. Kd2 Ke8 151. Ke3 Kf8
152. Kf4 Kg8 153. Kf3 Kh8 154. Ke2 Kg8 155. Kd2 Kf8 156. Ke3 Ke8 157. Kd2
Kd7 158. Ke3 Kc6 159. Kf3 Kb6 160. Kf4 Ka7 161. Ke3 Ka6 162. Ke2 Kb7 163.
Kd2 Kc8 164. Ke1 Kd8 165. Kd1 Kc7 166. Ke2 Kb7 167. Kd2 Ka8 168. Ke3 Kb8
169. Kf3 Kc8 170. Kg4 Kd8 171. Kf4 Ke8 172. Kg4 Kf8 173. Kf3 Kg8 174. Ke2
Kf8 175. Kd2 Ke8 176. Kc2 Kf8 177. Kb2 Kg8 178. Kb1 Kh8 179. Ka1 Kg8 180.
Kb1 Kh8 181. Kc2 Kg8 182. Kd1 Kf8 183. Ke2 Ke8 184. Kd2 Kd7 185. Ke3 Kc6
186. Kf4 Kb6 187. Ke3 Kb7 188. Kf3 Kb6 {Game drawn by the 50 move rule}
1/2-1/2
Here is the position at move 138:
[D]8/5p1p/k3pPpP/1p1pP1P1/1PpP4/2P3K1/8/8 w - -
As you can see it is a dead draw. Every single program I have tested it with
states such. Yet Deep Shredder 9 would not draw the game.
Sad really.
Peter
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