Author: Thomas Logan
Date: 10:49:33 08/08/05
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On August 08, 2005 at 12:45:43, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >On August 08, 2005 at 08:02:24, Thomas Logan wrote: > >>On August 08, 2005 at 07:50:04, Günther Simon wrote: >> >>>On August 08, 2005 at 07:21:54, Thomas Logan wrote: >>> >>>>Game went 256 moves when Fruit lost on time in a equal position >>>> >>>>[Event "THOMAS-KBZT8WLT, 120'/40+60'/20+30'"] >>>>[Site "THOMAS-KBZT8WLT"] >>>>[Date "2005.08.07"] >>>>[Round "1"] >>>>[White "Fritz 8"] >>>>[Black "Fruit 2.1"] >>>>[Result "1-0"] >>>>[ECO "B42"] >>>>[Annotator "0.39;0.22"] >>>>[PlyCount "511"] >>>>[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:1800"] >>>> >>> >>>... >>> >>>>current score >>>> >>>>THOMAS-KBZT8WLT, 120'/40+60'/20+30' 0 >>>> >>>> 12345678901234567890123456789012 >>>>1 Fruit 2.1 ½110½½½001½11½0001001½½½11½0½1½0 16.0/32 256.00 >>>>2 Fritz 8 ½001½½½110½00½1110110½½½00½1½0½1 16.0/32 256.00 >>>> >>>>Tom >>> >>>Chessbase GUIs cannot handle games with more than 256 moves. >>>Moreover you'll get rare time losses (or screwed up game finals) >>>anyway with a sudden death time control, as your third time control. >>>If you look at your PGN you'll see, that were were played around 50! plies >>>in around one second at the end. (Inc would be nicer for the last stage IMHO) >>> >>>(BTW just 29 plies missed for a 50 moves draw too.) >>> >>>Guenther >> >>Hi >> >>I am in a quandry >> >>It was not my intension to have a sudden death time control and I never had a >>game go this long >> >>Perhaps it should be a draw ? >> >>Tom >> >>Tom > >There may be a simple way out of your "quandary." Wait. If fruit completes the >match at +1 or better despite the time loss, fruit wins the match regardless. >If fruit completes the match at -2 or worse, fruit loses the match regardless. >The "quandary" only gets serious if the match completes at -1 or a tie. JUst >keep your fingers crossed. Hi Guenther Your comments are sensible but information from other leads me to believe the chessbase gui is responsible for fruit loss here so I am amending results to indicate a draw Tom
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