Author: Pierre Bourget
Date: 12:46:59 08/01/99
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On August 01, 1999 at 14:28:38, blass uri wrote: > >On August 01, 1999 at 09:04:43, Michael de la Maza wrote: > >>Plaskett-Pinter ended in the following position >>4k3/2r5/8/p1Pp4/1P1KpP2/2PpN3/6PP/8 w - - >>when Plaskett resigned. >> >>I've run half a dozen freeware engines (Der Bringer, Rebel Decade, Crafty, etc.) >>on this position for half an hour and all of them show white with a two pawn >>(approximately) advantage. >> >>However, when I auto-play, black always wins. >> >>Question: Does any commercial program get this right? > >I think that Plaskett resigned too early. > >I do not see a win for black after 1.bxa5 d2 2.Nd1 Ra7 3.Ke3 Rxa5 4.Kxd2 Ra2+ >5.Ke1 Rxg2 6.Ne3 Rxh2 7.Nxd5 Kd7 8.Nf6+ > >Maybe black can play better but there is at least a practical chance that black >will go for this line. > >Uri Plaskett did not resigned ,in fact the game was adjourned and Plaskett did not show up for the second session has reported by the British Chess Magazine May 1985 page 217 :''Jim Plaskett made a good start 3(4) ,but lost on time at 11.20 am in an adjourned game against Pinter where a draw was likely if only he could have received the promised call to wake him !" Pierre
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