Author: James B. Shearer
Date: 14:44:11 05/04/99
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On May 01, 1999 at 02:19:23, Matt Frank wrote:
>Yeah things would have gotten worse very quickly according to Hiarcs. When I
>played out the game to the point that Fritz resigned, Hiarcs was evaluating the
>position as a two pawn deficit. When I let Hiarcs play it out a few moves here
>is what I got; 24. Rhf1 Bxf5 25. Rd4 Qh3 26. Qxh3 Bxh3 27. Bxf7+ Kf8 28. Bg7+
>Ke7 29 Re4+; with things real ugly as you said and an eval about a rook down.
>
>I really don't know why Fritz resigned at 23. but it was a good choice. I know
>that Hiarcs 7 never extricates itself (during autoplay) in such deficits when I
>use long time controls. Curious decision by Fritz, even though. I wonder, maybe
>the operator saw the hurricane coming and posted an early alert.
I suspect a courtesy resignation allowing Polgar to save some face.
Playing for blood the computer will always make the human find the winning line
with the clock ticking away. It would be interesting to know how much time
Polgar had left when Fritz resigned.
James B. Shearer
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