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Subject: Re: Interesting endgame -- does any commercial program get it right?

Author: pete

Date: 16:16:58 08/01/99

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On August 01, 1999 at 15:46:59, Pierre Bourget wrote:

>
>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

lol , that's it for some hours of thinking where no reason was found why the
hell anyone could resign a game like this :)



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