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Subject: Re: Why is this type of endgame position still so difficult??

Author: Dieter Buerssner

Date: 22:51:34 06/12/01

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On June 11, 2001 at 01:31:14, Jouni Uski wrote:

> 8/4k3/2K5/6p1/6B1/7P/8/8 w - -

[...]
>Hmm. Should this already be solved poblem?

I think, if you can give a rule, under which conditions such positons -
characterized as one side has a rook pawn and a "wrong" bishop and the other
side has a pawn in the file next to the rook pawn - are drawn, it will soon be a
solved problem for many chess engines :-)

Yace would evaluate this position as draw, when the black pawn on g would be on
any other file (and black would not be trivally winning, by promoting in the
next move). However, how to handle this position, I have no idea. Any ideas are
wellcome ...

Regards,
Dieter

• Re: Why is this type of endgame position still so difficult?? Uri Blass 23:57:57 06/12/01
  • Re: Why is this type of endgame position still so difficult?? Dieter Buerssner 01:03:00 06/13/01
    • Re: Why is this type of endgame position still so difficult?? Uri Blass 01:25:52 06/13/01

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