Author: Uri Blass
Date: 13:27:00 09/25/01
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On September 25, 2001 at 15:34:58, J. Wesley Cleveland wrote: >These are all positions where crafty gets the key move, but the evaluation is >around zero. Does anyone know if these are supposed to be draws, or are they >broken, or crafty did't see the full solution ? > >[D]5Bk1/pr2pp1p/2b3pQ/2p1q3/8/2P4P/PP4P1/1B1Rb1K1 w - - bm Bg7; id "ECM.1161 5 >hr draw ???"; This position is a known position and it is analyzed as a draw in a book of Mark Dvoretsky from 1992(secrets of chess tactics) In the game black blundered and lost. The game continued 1.Bg7+ Bf2+ 2.Kf1 Bb5+?? but Mark dvoretsky says at page 74 that black could play 1...f6 that is enough for a draw and 1..Bf2+ 2.Kf1 f6 is a different possible move order. Uri
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