Author: José Carlos
Date: 10:25:28 12/03/00
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On December 03, 2000 at 13:10:00, Uri Blass wrote: >On December 03, 2000 at 12:32:21, José Carlos wrote: > >> This position comes from a game I played yesterday. >> Being black, I had made a big mistake in time trouble and, after the time >>control, we arrived in this position. >> >>[D] 8/p4k2/3pp3/B3p3/2P1P3/2n2K2/4B3/8 b - - 0 52 >> >> After some moves, my opponent offered a draw, not feeling capable to win this >>endgame but, is it really a draw? What do your programs say? >> >>(The rest of the game:) >>52... Na4 53. Bd1 Nb2 54. Bb3 Nd3 55. Ba4 Nc5 56. Bb5 Ke7 57. Ke3 Nb3 58. Bc7 >>Nc5 1/2-1/2 >> >> José C. > >The position seems to be a win for white. > >White can try to penetrate with the king >possible plan Kg4 Kh4 Bh5 Kg5 Bg4 Kh5 Kh6 Bg5 Bh5 Kg6 > >White can also try to win the pawns by the bishop. >It is also known that KBB vs KN is often a win for white because the knight is >trapped so even trading the pawns may be not enough for black. > >I do not understand white's decidion to agree to a draw when it is clear that >white has good practical chances to win. He was tired after a very hard fight but, to be on-topic, my point is if any program can find a way to win in this position that, in my opinion, is specially difficult for programs, because they can't plan. Or can they? José C.
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