Author: Tim Mirabile
Date: 08:54:56 08/21/00
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On August 21, 2000 at 06:53:19, Hans Christian Lykke wrote: >I have just finished this game by the first danish E-mail championships. >White offered a draw after 36. Bxa5, meaning that it was a "dead" draw. >I was not sure, played on, and won. >The question is. Can white hold a draw. >What does you guys and your computerprograms say? > >[D]6k1/3b4/3P4/B1P4p/p5p1/5pP1/1P3K2/8 b - - 0 36 Yes, this is really a dead draw. White could have played 37.c6 Bxc6 38.d7 Bxd7 39.Bc7. Then move the bishop to any safe square on b8, c7, d6, or e5. There will always be enough safe squares for the bishop and therefore no zugzwang. If the black king attacks b2, simply go Be5 and then back and forth between e5 and f6 if he continues to attack it, and go back to b8/c7/d6/e5 if he steps away from the b-pawn.
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