Author: James T. Walker
Date: 11:36:49 01/21/00
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On January 21, 2000 at 11:10:07, blass uri wrote: >On January 21, 2000 at 10:29:03, James T. Walker wrote: > >>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? > >The hardware of Rebel is pentiumIII500 > > Also, if the position is a dead draw then why >>didn't they draw? > >I do not think that the position is a dead draw and the result is a proof that >positions that humans say that they are a dead draw are not a dead draw. > >I believe that it could be a draw against a GM and I was sure in 90% in the game >that the outcome is going to be a draw. > >Uri Thanks Uri. Sounds like a guy I play golf with. He knows he should make those 3 foot putts but he wants me to give it to him so he doesn't risk missing it! Jim Walker
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