2012 Championship final round

Kewpie

Felis Australis

Tournaments

03 Jan 13

Kewpie

Felis Australis

Australia

Joined: 20 Jan 09
Moves: 391186

03 Jan 13

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Tournament 13577

Four players still in the running. Seems nobody is even interested any more. 🙁

jankrb

Joined: 20 Mar 07
Moves: 356426

04 Jan 13

Originally posted by Kewpie
Tournament 13577

Four players still in the running. Seems nobody is even interested any more. 🙁

Guess why.....

RevRSleeker

CerebrallyChallenged

Lyme BayChesil Beach

Joined: 09 Dec 06
Moves: 17848

07 Jan 13

Originally posted by jankrb
Guess why.....

I'm guessing you mean it's dragging on a little...who's the favourite anyway ??

I must say that I was 'pulling' for Elgallo, I'd imagine you also...sadly that is \ was plainly not ever going to be possible...

King Tiger

Joined: 15 Aug 12
Moves: 11620

16 Jan 13

Originally posted by Kewpie
Tournament 13577

Four players still in the running. Seems nobody is even interested any more. 🙁

wgt2000 is going to win on time. The game is drawn, except for the clock... Brodaty has put himself on vacation, but as soon as the vacation flag lifts he'll be timed out. So wgt2000 just needs to be patient-he'll win on time and he'll top chucker even with chucker beating lute4...

wsossin

Joined: 22 Mar 11
Moves: 45985

16 Jan 13

Can't he claim a draw based on insufficient material. He can't be mated by a knight and a King.

wsossin

Joined: 22 Mar 11
Moves: 45985

16 Jan 13

Also, at least I believe in FIDE rules, even if one times out, it is still a draw if there is no possibility for the opponent to win (i.e. insufficient material).

King Tiger

Joined: 15 Aug 12
Moves: 11620

16 Jan 13

Originally posted by wsossin
Can't he claim a draw based on insufficient material. He can't be mated by a knight and a King.

I'm not sure how the rules would apply (perhaps someone can enlighten us). There is still a pawn on the board, so technically there is sufficient material to win, although anyone with any sense can see what wgt2000 is doing. He won't take the pawn I suspect and will just wait to claim a win on time.

Ponderable

chemist

Linkenheim

Joined: 22 Apr 05
Moves: 678315

17 Jan 13

Brodaty posted in the "help" forum about this. I can't believe that this can be true. To me it looks like a K vs. K position can be achieved and thena draw can be claimed. As I am only a patzer this certainly can't count as "outside help"

RevRSleeker

CerebrallyChallenged

Lyme BayChesil Beach

Joined: 09 Dec 06
Moves: 17848

17 Jan 13

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Originally posted by Ponderable
Brodaty posted in the "help" forum about this. I can't believe that this can be true. To me it looks like a K vs. K position can be achieved and thena draw can be claimed. As I am only a patzer this certainly can't count as "outside help"

I 'think' it's lost anyway with 60 \ 0 Championship games...but, like yourself, I made more notes over in 'help'...also, I believe it's the '50 move rule' that applies.

Edit: Here Thread 150106

wsossin

Joined: 22 Mar 11
Moves: 45985

17 Jan 13

Well, the game has been drawn, so no more concerns about fair play.

RevRSleeker

CerebrallyChallenged

Lyme BayChesil Beach

Joined: 09 Dec 06
Moves: 17848

17 Jan 13

Originally posted by wsossin
Well, the game has been drawn, so no more concerns about fair play.

This is just my opinion, but I don;t think we could infer that this game would have concluded in an unfair manner had it not finished a draw. Both players follow the same rules and both players start with the same timebank...'wqt2008' didn't HAVE to accept the offer, and given the fact that he may well lose The Championship by doing so, I personally think he was very sporting to actually have accepted the draw.. ?

RBHILL