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Subject: Re: Testposition - Bishop Rivalry

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 13:02:38 03/01/01

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On March 01, 2001 at 13:38:03, Sune Larsson wrote:

>
>  [D]8/6p1/P1b1pp2/2p1p3/1k4P1/3PP3/1PK5/5B2 w - - 0 3
>
>  Queckenstadt (Kvekkenstedt?) 1922
>
>  The two Bishops were fighting their own battle, while their Kings
>  were watching. It was all about proving suited for the elevation
>  to Archbishop. The struggle was tense when suddenly one of the Bishops
>  realized that he could achive his goal by actually giving himself up.
>  As a true religious man he did so. Transfered himself to g2 (1.Bg2!)
>  and faced his rival. Left with no choice his shocked brother in faith
>  entered the same square (1.-Bxg2) and found himself in a deserted land.
>  After 2.e4! the door was closed. Desperately the Bishop tried to open
>  it again, but could he do it in time?
>
>
>  Test: If your program could search deep enough to find the win for white.
>        If not - try it with 1.Bg2 played.
>
>  Sune


I'll trust your comment, but when I looked it as a human I didn't see the
win.  IE I assume the point is Bg2 and black is forced to play Bxg2 or else
leave the diagonal letting the a-pawn run.  But what about Bg2 Bxg2, e4 locking
the bishop out, but then black plays f5?  Doesn't the bishop then get back into
the game, and with black being a piece ahead, I don't see how white does more
than draw at best and possibly lose the game?

Bob



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