Author: Will Singleton
Date: 11:33:21 01/30/00
Go up one level in this thread
On January 30, 2000 at 04:54:49, Amir Ban wrote: >On January 29, 2000 at 20:08:38, Will Singleton wrote: > >>In my game today against Crafty, I resigned for Amateur in the following >>position: >> >>[d]1r1n2k1/1pNqbprp/p2p3Q/3P4/2R2p2/PP2pP1R/6PP/4N1K1 b - - 0 26 >> >>Let's assume that an operator can resign for his program (I believe that's the >>usual case; nd in any case, no rules were established prior to the match). >> >>Given the fact the Crafty runs about 4 times faster than Amateur, and that I was >>showing a -3 score, and Hyatt had kibitzed a +4 score, and that Crafty had twice >>the time on his clock, and that Amateur was showing thru his pv that he didn't >>really understand how bad it was, I felt it was appropriate to resign. Not >>doing so could have been construed as an insult to Crafty under the >>circumstances. >> > >I guess Crafty must be very easily offended. > > >>Now, since I have no tournament experience, I'm asking, was it correct to >>resign? If not, can you show me why? >> > >Here's why: when I first looked at the position, I thought the one to resign was >black. > >By the way, 26.Nd3 is much better than Qh6, and then there is no reason to >resign according to any measure. Even better would be to play 25.Kh1 instead of >the horrible f3, and then it's not even clear who's better. > >Amir > Yes, after the f3, I felt pretty let down. Maybe that had something to do with it. I had also used up too much time (Crafty wasn't playing my guesses). But it was a good game, and I'll play them out a bit farther next time. btw, what HW are you using for the tourney? Will
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.