Author: Hermano Ecuadoriano
Date: 23:45:00 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 Despite everything else, which I don't have time to explain, not playing 21. Ne5 then Nxg6 to get to a same-colored bishop ending was a revealing mistake. These are some standard topics from typical strategy books: a. bad bishop versus good bishop (failure to play 21. Ne5 then Nxg6) b. opposite colored bishop endings (25. Nxe7? To avoid it you would have had to play 23 or 24. f4, further worsening the bishop.) c. weaknesses and unwanted commitments caused by excessive pawn moves (g4, h4, leading to open h-file and black passer) g4 was bad. h4 was very bad. They create commitments over there while 1. White has one bad bishop versus two good bishops. This was the price you paid for winning the pawn, and it should have dominated your "strategic thinking" from 15. Bxc6 on. 2. Being a pawn ahead on the queenside, I would start making a passer there. You see what g4 and h4 made possible for black? This is not in doubt. What is YOUR rating? Seriously, to help your program, maybe you should work on your own game, also.
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