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Subject: Re: Dragging drawn games out pointlessly

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 20:07:22 12/21/99

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On December 21, 1999 at 18:01:29, Chessfun wrote:

>On December 21, 1999 at 17:46:45, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
><lots snipped>
>
>>Not for me.  And not even for a GM.  I watched Roman play crafty last night in
>>an opposite colored bishop ending.  He tried plan A.  Crafty defended.  He
>>retreated and tried plan B,  again no success.  He backed up again and tried
>>plan C and won. And by "backed up" I don't mean "took back moves" I mean he
>>consciously moved the king back to the starting position (or close enough) and
>>then tried another way of winning.
>>
>>I have seen Crafty do the same.  I consider the game a draw after it can't win
>>for 50 moves...  which fits perfectly with the rules of chess of course..
>
>Dr. Hyatt could you please post this game.....you made it sound so good !!.
>Thanks.


I don't save them when I see them, but if you search (Hmm...  I am not sure
that the handle he used is known to be a Roman handle, so let me see if I can
find the game myself)...

Roman is _very_ creative against computers, and is one hell of an endgame
player, make no bones about it...



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