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In December 1974, when my wife and I were visiting Moscow, I made the same bet with [[Vladimir Arlazarov|Dr. Arlazarov]]. I did not wish to corrupt him with the offer of a cash bet and so I suggested a wager of twelve bottles of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodka vodka] (if I won) against twelve bottles of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_whisky Scotch]. The period of the bet was to expire at the end of 1975, and the arbiter was to be Grandmaster [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Averbakh Yuri Averbakh] <ref>[https://ruchess.ru/news/report/yuriy_averbakh_/ Yuri Averbakh. Biography (in Russian)]</ref> , President of the Soviet Chess Federation and one of the world's leading endgame experts. I suggested to Averbakh that he give the program the task of winning two or three theoretically won positions, with him playing the defence, and that he tried to win against the program from two or three different theoretically drawn positions <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Averbakh Yuri Averbakh] ('''1976'''). ''The Bet.'' in [https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%E2%80%94_%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0 Znanie - sila], No. 8, pp. 53-54</ref> . Just after the beginning of 1976 I received a telegram from Moscow saying: "[[Kaissa|KAISSA]] successfully examined by Averbakh on December 27th" <ref>[https://cdn-s-static.arzamas.academy/uploads/ckeditor/pictures/17078/content_endspiel.jpg Photo] (presumably December 1975) in [[Vladimir Arlazarov]], ''[https://arzamas.academy/materials/2233 Владимир Арлазаров: «Игры помогли нам понять, как человек решает трудные логические задачи»] (Games helped us understand how a person solves difficult logical problems)'', [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arzamas_(website) Arzamas website] 2021, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Averbakh Yuri Averbakh] is testing the [[Rook Endgame#KRPKR|Rook and Pawn Against Rook]] program: From left: [[Alexander Bitman]], [[Vladimir Arlazarov]], [[Anatoly Uskov]], Yuri Averbakh (sitting), [[Aaron L. Futer]] - the main developer of the program.</ref> <ref>[[Vladimir Arlazarov]], [[Aaron L. Futer]] ('''1979'''). ''Computer Analysis of a Rook End-Game''. [http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~shm/MI/mi9.html Machine Intelligence 9] (eds. [[Jean Hayes Michie]], [[Donald Michie]] and L.I. Mikulich), pp. 361-371. Ellis Horwood, Chichester. Reprinted in [[Computer Chess Compendium]], already in August 1977 following paper appeared in Russian: [http://www.mathnet.ru/php/person.phtml?option_lang=eng&personid=55935 A. G. Alexandrov], [http://www.mathnet.ru/php/person.phtml?option_lang=eng&personid=96113 A. M. Baraev], [http://www.mathnet.ru/php/person.phtml?option_lang=eng&personid=96114 Ya. Yu. Gol'fand], [[Edward Komissarchik]], [[Aaron L. Futer]] ('''1977'''). ''[http://www.mathnet.ru/php/archive.phtml?wshow=paper&jrnid=at&paperid=7425&option_lang=eng Computer analysis of rook end game]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automation_and_Remote_Control Avtomatika i Telemekhanika], No. 8, 113–117, and further in 1977 [http://www.mathnet.ru/php/person.phtml?option_lang=eng&personid=55935 A. G. Alexandrov], [[Vladimir Arlazarov]], [http://www.mathnet.ru/php/person.phtml?option_lang=eng&personid=96113 A. M. Baraev], [http://www.mathnet.ru/php/person.phtml?option_lang=eng&personid=96114 Ya. Yu. Gol'fand], [https://zbmath.org/authors/?q=ai:deza.v-n V. N. Deza], [https://zbmath.org/authors/?q=ai:ilina.t-p T. P. Il’ina], [[Edward Komissarchik]], [[Anatoly Uskov]], [https://zbmath.org/authors/?q=ai:faradzhev.i-a I. A. Faradzhev], [[Aaron L. Futer]] ('''1977'''). ''[https://zbmath.org/?q=an:03653550 Processing of large files of information on the example of the analysis of the rook’s end game]''. [http://www.springer.com/computer/journal/11086 Programming and Computer Software], No. 3</ref> .