Author: James T. Walker
Date: 07:29:03 01/21/00
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On January 21, 2000 at 10:07:04, blass uri wrote: >Rebel century won the game in the Israeli league inspite of the fact that it did >not have the last book that Ed sent me(it arrived too late) > >The rating of the opponent was 2300. > >The human who is responsible for the hardware came too late and Rebel had to >start to play with 7 minutes disadvantage on the clock. > >I believe that nur got an advanatge after 15...h6 and 16...g5 of Rebel but Rebel >did not understand it. > >Igor Nur outsearched Rebel and won a pawn by by 29.R2xf5 but Rebel proved later >that it has a better positional understanding in the endgame and won the game. > >Nur offered a draw after 38.Bf4 and I refused because Rebel evaluated the >position as better for it(inspite of the fact that it was a pawn down) and I >believed that it has practical chances to win. > >After the game someone from the opponent team told me that the position was a >dead draw and that he did not like the fact that I refused to a draw in a dead >draw position. > >I am going to continue to refuse to draws in "dead draw" positions if I believe >that Rebel has practical chances to win. > <snip> Hello Uri, I haven't looked at the game yet but thanks for the post. I missed it before so what is the hardware of Rebel? Also, if the position is a dead draw then why didn't they draw? I strongly believe this is one of the reasons that masters & GMs do not like to play computers in tournaments. It causes difficulty in obtaining the "GM draws". In long tournaments, GM's like to conserve their energy for later rounds but in this tourney that should not be a problem. Jim Walker
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