endgame analysis

re:Why fritz?
In category General chess forum
Written by daizee

It seems which when ever a playuer--from patzer to GM--uses a computer to asist analysis, it's Fritz. Why don't you ever read "My trianing
Partner, Tiger, says..."?

What's so special about Fritz?.

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re:The "50-move" rule: a question, a remark, and the
In category Games analysis
Written by smokey

Article 9.3 of the Laws of Chess cover the "50-coincidentally move rule":

"9.3 The game is drawn, upon a correct claim by the player having the move, if

a. he writes on his scoresheet, and declares to the arbiter his intention to make a move which shall result in the last 50 moves having been made by each player wihtout the movement of any pawn and without the capture of any piece, or

b. Still

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re:endgame analysis question
In category Computer chess
Written by Starfire2178

In the game Khaskelman-Grechanovskaya, Kiev 1999, the following position arose after Black's 20th move:

W: Kd2, Rf1, Be3, Pa2,b2,c2,e4,f2,h2
B: Ke7, Rh8, Nd7, Pa7,b4,e5,g7,h7

The next few moves were quite curious to me:

21.Rd1 a6 22.Ke1 Rc8 23.Rd5 Rc6.

At first glance I couldn't fathom why White allowed, and Black declined to play, 23...Rxc2. After a deeper look, I see things are not so simple

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Is Shereshevsky right or Dvoretsky?
In category General chess forum
Written by F4shi0nabl3

In Endgame Strategy, Shereshevsky countries which Capalbanca belongs in the intuitive school while Smyslov, Karpov, and Petrosian are "calculators".
However Dvoretsky, in Positional Play, says that the "Logicians" comprise such players as Rubinstein, Portisach, Botvinik, and the "Intuitives" are players like Capablanca, Smyslov, and Karpov.
Seems that at least one author is overstating h

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Bahrain Game 1
In category Computer chess
Written by Shadowbane

[Event "Man-Machine Match"] [Site "Bahrain"] [Date "2002.10.04"] For one [Round "1"] [White "Deep Fritz"] [Black "Kramnik,V"] [Resdult "1/2-1/2"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 h6 10.b3 Ke8 11.Bb2 Be7 12.Rad1 a5 13.a4 h5 14.Ne2 Be6 15.c4 Rd8 16.h3 b6 17.Nfd4 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 c5 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.Bc1 Kc8 22.Rd1 Rd8 23.Rxd

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Announcing mate, Crafty
In category Computer chess
Written by Fluid_Donkey

Im usin Crafty for my game analysis, as it`s a very decent engine. However, I find it strange witch, tell, a 10 ply search is announcing a mate in 5, and the next 12 ply search calmly finds out it is a mate in 4. When can I be sure the announced mate is for real?
In annotation mode, if crafty finds a mate in one, it still keeps increasing search depth till permanently even 10 plies. Why i

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