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Subject: Re: Is this a draw?

Author: Miguel A. Ballicora

Date: 09:20:08 01/14/02

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On January 14, 2002 at 10:43:31, David Rasmussen wrote:

>Chezzz encountered the following position as white:
>
>[D]6k1/1Q6/3K1b1p/5P2/6P1/8/8/4r3 w - - 0 100
>
>In fact this is just one random position, I could have chosen any of the
>positions from the last 20 moves of the game or so, because the point is that it
>didn't seem to progress at all. I would think that white would have an advantage
>here, but I am a lousy chess player. Is this a draw? Are there some rules that
>will tell me that this is a draw? What do programs with tablebases say here?
>
>/David

It is a draw. Black can at any time prove it: place the rook in f7 and move the
king back and forth. When the king is in g7, you can move the bishop back and
forth to f6 and g5. With the bishop in g5 you can later move the rook back and
forth to f7 and f6. Look at that fortress, h6, Bg5, Rf6. Move the king and
white cannot do anything.

Regards,
Miguel




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