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Subject: Re: Is this a draw?

Author: José Antônio Fabiano Mendes

Date: 16:55:09 05/30/00

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On May 29, 2000 at 15:49:23, Mogens Larsen wrote:

>On May 29, 2000 at 14:58:03, stuart taylor wrote:
>
>>Black simply sacrifices his bishop for whites pawn, and it's K and N vs. N=draw.
>>S.Taylor
>
>Yes, that much is obvious. But I wondered at the time if white was capable of
>putting his knight in between. That wasn't possible due to the position of the
>black king, so a draw it was.
>
>Best wishes...
>Mogens

Black loses if his/her/its king is on :
a8 ==> mate in 14 moves     f8 ==> mate in 20 moves
g8 ==> mate in 20 moves     h1 ==> mate in 22 moves
h2 ==> mate in 22 moves     h8 ==> mate in 19 moves
All other available squares ==> DRAW



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