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Subject: Re: Cadaques Tournament Junior 6.0 - Fritz 6a Game 2

Author: blass uri

Date: 21:05:09 01/28/00

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On January 28, 2000 at 23:50:46, Len Eisner wrote:

>In this game Junior 6.0 was saved by the 50-move rule.  When the draw was
>declared, Fritz6a had a mate in 2!  Here’s the final position:
>
>[D]8/6k1/5p2/4p1p1/4QnPp/5P1P/5q1K/5B2 w - - 0 105
>
>Fritz6a would have won after kh1 Qxf1 Kh2 Qg2# if it were not for the 50-move
>rule.  I’ve never seen it cut that close before.  I wonder if Junior considered
>the 50-move rule in its calculations.
>
>Len

You can be sure Junior considered it
otherwise it would not allow fritz to do mate in 2.

I suspect that Fritz did not consider it otherwise it could move a pawn to avoid
a draw.

Uri



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