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Subject: Re: Drawn position?

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 16:05:37 02/04/00

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On February 04, 2000 at 18:57:33, Chessfun wrote:

>On February 04, 2000 at 18:53:26, Bertil Eklund wrote:
>
>>On February 04, 2000 at 18:26:04, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>>
>>>In game 13 of their match, Nimzo (white) and Shredder reached this position.
>>>Nimzo showed an eval of -2, while Shredder with +7 quit the game and counts it
>>>as a win. I don't think that black can win this. Any opinions?
>>>
>>>Enrique
>>>
>>>8/3k4/6R1/4r3/4nK2/2Pn4/1P6/8 w - - 0 1
>>
>>Hi!
>>
>>I can´t save you! You have to outplay this game manually. If you don´do it, you
>>are going in to endless discussions of your decision (wright or wrong)!
>>
>>Bertil
>
>Though something should be said in terms of if a program chooses
>to quit should the result not stand,

Not really. Shredder terminates the game and forces the opponent to resign when
the evaluation is > +7, and this shouldn't happen. But I already knew this and
left the "resign" option on, so it's my fault.

Now that I think of it, they are still playing with "resign" on. Oh well...

Enrique

> is not this a similar issue
>to playing the same opening over and over. If it were programmed
>different as was Nimzo's eval it would not have resigned.
>Thanks.



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