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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