Computer Chess Club Archives


Search

Terms

Messages

Subject: Re: Testposition - Good vs Bad Bishop

Author: John Wentworth

Date: 13:56:46 02/28/01

Go up one level in this thread


On February 28, 2001 at 16:23:35, Sune Larsson wrote:

>
>  [D]8/5b2/p2k4/1p1p1p1p/1P1K1P1P/2P1PB2/8/8 w - - 0 1
>
>
>  This is one of Averbakh's positions from 1954.
>  It's a typical winning position in a good versus bad bishop ending.
>  The black pawns on h5, f5, d5 and a6 are vulnerable and curtail the
>  movements of the black bishop. To seal black's fate, all white need to do
>  is lose a move. That is - repeat the initial position with black to move.
>  This may be accomplished as follows:
>
>  1.Be2 Be8   [1.-Bg6 2.Bd3 Bh7 3.Bf1 leads to instant zugzwang, be it after
>               3.-Bg6 4.Bg2 Bf7 5.Bf3  or after 3.-Bg8 4.Be2 Bf7 5.Bf3]
>
>  2.Bd3 Bg6 3.Bc2 Bh7 4.Bb3! Bg8 5.Bd1 Bf7 6.Bf3! and so on
>
>
>  Test: The above position is won for white so your program should be able
>        to win it. The evals should differ distinctly between white and black.
>
>  Sune

It took Hiarcs 7.32 about 1/2 a second to see it.



This page took 0 seconds to execute

Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700

Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.