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Subject: Re: Drawn position?

Author: Len Eisner

Date: 16:33:37 02/04/00

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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
>
>[D]8/3k4/6R1/4r3/4nK2/2Pn4/1P6/8 w - - 0 1

I wish I could just declare a win whenever I reach a won position!  Chess would
be much easier.

All kidding aside, in chess, one has to win a won position.  It’s part of the
game.  I don’t know if Shredder has a win, but I think it is a bad idea to let
it declare it a win. If Shredder is unwilling to finish the game, then it should
be counted as a loss, just as it would be counted as a loss against me if I
refused to “win a won position”.

Here’s one of my favorite chess phrases: "You had a won game but I won it!" Who
knows, Nimzo might win.

Len



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