Author: Oliver Roese
Date: 10:03:45 01/14/02
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On January 14, 2002 at 12:07:22, Andrew Smith wrote: >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 > >From my perspective it looks like a pretty simple draw. Of course computers only >count material and don't really know anything about such positions This position is presumably a draw or at least hard to win. Nevertheless, due to whites overwhelming material advantage, "foolproof"-fortresses are hard to devise. For example this position: 6k1/1Q6/3K1b1p/5P2/6P1/8/8/4r3 w - - 0 100 should continue with no geat surprises. In the original position, white could try to move his queen to g6. It is not worth to explain, that white will win easily if he can activate his f-pawn. But there are always numerous different possibilities to defend. Oliver Roese
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