Author: John Merlino
Date: 11:19:21 11/12/05
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On November 12, 2005 at 10:13:46, George Tsavdaris wrote: >I see that Zappa-The King continues from a completely drawn position...... >Computers will keep playing it but why their operators are so stubborn? > >The game should stop from 43th move or earlier.......What a waste of time:-( Yep, the game was almost certainly drawn after the exchange of queens on move 29, given the same-colored bishops. A similar game was played by an IM and an FM, that reached the same position as before White's 16th move. The game was drawn in 35 moves, even though Black was ahead three pawns! Apparently, Twardan didn't want to play 34...Kf4? [Event "Open"] [Site "Katowice POL"] [Date "1992.01.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Bykhovsky, Avigdor"] [Black "Twardon, Marian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteELO "2475"] [BlackELO "2345"] [WhiteTitle "IM"] [BlackTitle "FM"] [WhiteCountry "URS"] [BlackCountry "POL"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Qe2 cxd4 9.Rd1 Be7 10.exd4 O-O 11.Nc3 Nd5 12.Ne5 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Qc7 15.Bd3 Bd7 16.Qe4 g6 17.Bh6 Rfd8 18.c4 Bc6 19.Qf4 Rd7 20.Bg5 Bxg5 21.Qxg5 Rad8 22.Qe3 Qa5 23.Bc2 Rxd1+ 24.Bxd1 Bxa4 25.Bf3 Qb4 26.h4 Qxc4 27.Qg5 Rd4 28.Rc1 Bc2 29.h5 Qd3 30.Qe7 Qd2 31.Qe8+ Kg7 32.h6+ Kxh6 33.Qf8+ Kg5 34.Qe7+ Kh6 35.Qf8+ Kg5 1/2-1/2 jm
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