Something amusing about Fritz 18 (or any Fritz)

[Christopher Conkie]

Ke2 Draw? Maybe I'm missing something here....



[d]8/5p1p/1p2p1p1/1p6/1Pp1kP2/2P2rP1/P1RK3P/8 w - - 0 36

[Brunetti]

Ke2 Draw?

Hi,
White is lost anyway, his pieces are tied to the defense of the weak pawns (c3, h2 and a2) while Black can create a passed pawn on the kingside that eventually decide. This is a possible critical position:

[d]8/8/1p6/1p6/1Pp2pp1/2Pk3r/P1R4P/5K2 w - - 4 0

and here he can simply resign.

Fritz 5.32 says -6.

Alex

[Uri Blass]

Ke2 Draw? Maybe I'm missing something here....



[d]8/5p1p/1p2p1p1/1p6/1Pp1kP2/2P2rP1/P1RK3P/8 w - - 0 36

If Ke2 force repetition of previous position in the game Fritz is looking at it then it can explain a draw evaluation because a lot of engines evaluate first repetition as a draw with the logic to save time on the clock because if the engine is winning in a game it does not need to make a repetition and if the engine is losing the opponent will probably not allow repetition but win faster.

[peter]

Ke2 Draw? Maybe I'm missing something here....

[d]8/5p1p/1p2p1p1/1p6/1Pp1kP2/2P2rP1/P1RK3P/8 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Fritz 17 Popcnt:

36.Ke2 h5 37.Tc1 h4 38.gxh4 Th3 39.Th1 Txc3 40.Kd1 Ta3 41.Kc2 Txa2+ 42.Kc3 Ta3+ 43.Kc2 Kd4 44.Td1+ Td3 45.Tf1 Tc3+ 46.Kb2 Th3 47.Tf2 Ke3 48.Tg2 Kxf4 49.Kc2 Ke5 50.Te2+ Kf6 51.Tf2+ Ke7 52.Kd1 Txh4 53.Ta2 Kd6 54.Ta6 Kc6 55.Ta7 f5 56.Te7 Kd5 57.Td7+ Ke4 58.Td6 e5 59.Txg6 Txh2 60.Txb6 Kd3
Tiefe: 35 00:01:13 4225MN, tb=1237337
-+ (-5.37)


8/5p1p/1p2p1p1/1p6/1Pp1kP2/2P2rP1/P1RK3P/8 w - - 0 1

Analysis by PowerFritz 18 AVX20:

36.Ke2 h5 37.Tc1 h4 38.gxh4 Th3 39.Tg1 Txh2+ 40.Kd1 Txh4 41.Tg5
Tiefe: 35/59 00:02:12 6229MN, tb=632986
-+ (-6.71 --)


8/5p1p/1p2p1p1/1p6/1Pp1kP2/2P2rP1/P1RK3P/8 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Fritz 19 AVX20:

36.Ke2 h5 37.Tc1 h4 38.gxh4 Th3 39.Tg1 Txh2+ 40.Ke1 Txh4 41.Tg5 Th5 42.Tg2
Tiefe: 33/65 00:02:12 6342MN, tb=2445731
-+ (-6.55)