Author: Miguel A. Ballicora
Date: 14:17:10 03/01/01
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On March 01, 2001 at 16:02:38, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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? Bg2 Bxg2/ e4 f5/ gxf5 exf5/a7 fxe4/d4! e3/ dxe5 and black bishop cannot stop both pawns. King can't help since Kc5 is not possible to rush toward the e pawn. Kb5-Kc6 won't help because it closes the h1-a8 diagonal! beautiful! This might take 17-18 plies since black can push the horizon with e2. Push pawn extensions might help right? Regards, Miguel > >Bob
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