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Subject: Re: Endgame position revisited...

Author: Michael Vox

Date: 15:53:22 04/23/02

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On April 23, 2002 at 12:40:09, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>Here is an endgame position posted a week or so:
>
>[D]1b6/8/8/7p/6k1/6P1/8/6K1 w - - 0 1
>
>This endgame causes some problems to Crafty because it doesn't recognize
>stalemate in the q-search.
>
>The problem here is that black can't win, obviously.  Bishop + wrong rook
>pawn.  But if black could somehow zugzwang white into moving his g-pawn so
>that black could play hxg4, then this becomes an easy win for black.

I think this is stalemate at best.

Fritz does not see the 0.00 position.



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