A Win by Adjudication
A Chess Club in which I play sent me the following message of adjudication this morning.
“In accordance with GK tournament rules, one or more of your games in 253rd GK tournament, round 1 have been automatically adjudicated because they are among the last 1% of unfinished games in your tournament section. Each game was evaluated by a chess engine, up to 20 moves ahead, and a probable outcome was decided based on the current position. Please note that this only affects the tournament table and the tournament results — the games remain in progress and can be finished normally. Which means they are no longer considered to be part of the tournament, but you can continue playing them and they will affect your rating and stats as usual at the time they are finished.
“Game vs josluiferrod adjudicated as a win (last move: 85. Rh5+)”
This message refers to the game with the board position, following White's 85. Rh5+ move, shown near the top of this post. Though I've already been declared the winner of this game according to the tournament table, I plan to play it out to the end. Depending on what White chooses to do, I should be able to checkmate his King in a handful of moves or so.
And the adventure continues.
posted by Roscoe