Assume you are defending an ending which you are pretty sure is a book draw (eg bishops of opposite colours or kings covering key squares). Your opponent has knocked back a draw offer, and it looks like it will be 50 further moves before you can go home. You try and claim a draw under 10.2 but as increments are being used the arbiter says no. However he offers you a deal. He will stop the game and put the position into a tablebase. However you must accept whatever result is returned (ie if it is a draw you get what you want, but if it is a loss, you get 0) Would you take this deal?
(Note: This is a based on a discussion *after* the completion of a tournament game between two regular readers of this blog.)
what happens if your winning?
ReplyDeleteI would imagine if you claim a draw from Shaun's suggestion and your claim is not supported, then you would lose.
ReplyDeleteI think that is the only way it could work, otherwise some players would try this idea if they knew if it showed a win they would get the one point.
Play on. The opponent will get bored soon enough at your iron-clad defence.
ReplyDelete@Garvin. If you claim a draw and it turns out to be a win for you, you should only get the draw as, as you've said, you might claim in a position you don't know how to win.
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