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Subject: Re: Is this really a draw ?

Author: Laurence Chen

Date: 20:12:44 01/10/01

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On January 10, 2001 at 22:42:45, Thomas Mayer wrote:

>Hi everybody,
>
>tonight, Quark achieved the following position against Amateur:
>
>[D] 8/4B3/1Pk1p1p1/P2p2P1/1K1P1P2/3b4/8/8 w - - 0 76
>
>Quark is white... :)
>
>well, it does not find anything, after some analyzing Crafty also seems to find
>nothing... I have thought about b7? but it seems to help nothing... so how to
>teach Quark that this position is draw ??? Or any idea how it could be won ?
>
>Greets, Thomas
It's a draw.  Reason: White's King cannot make any further progress, it's not
able to penetrate into Black's position.  Black can sit tight with the King, and
keep moving the Bishop back and forth along the a6-f1 diagonal.
Regards,

Laurence



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