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Subject: Re: Can your program see the draw ?

Author: Mike S.

Date: 10:23:13 05/09/02

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On May 08, 2002 at 16:22:16, J. Wesley Cleveland wrote:

>In this position which is an obvious draw for any decent human player,
>[D]8/8/p2b4/8/p7/3k4/1B6/1K6 w - - 0 4
>crafty is clueless - static evaluation is -3.19, evaluation after 34 ply is
>still -3.19.

I didn't analyse now, but must admit the dras isn't obvious to me. White may
sacrifice the bishop for *one* of Black's pawns... but what then? Black's bishop
can force the white king to leave the corner square.

Can White force the draw?

Regards,
M.Scheidl

• Re: Can your program see the draw ? Marc van Hal 13:12:50 05/10/02
• Re: Can your program see the draw ? Marc van Hal 12:59:55 05/10/02
• Re: Can your program see the draw ? David Hanley 13:09:05 05/09/02
  • Re: Can your program see the draw ? J. Wesley Cleveland 14:59:57 05/09/02
    • Re: Can your program see the draw ? Roy Eassa 07:22:25 05/10/02
• Re: Can your program see the draw ? Robert Hyatt 12:35:44 05/09/02
• Re: thx for the answers... now I see it's really easy :o) (n.t.) Mike S. 11:36:31 05/09/02
• Re: Can your program see the draw ? Robin Smith 11:27:02 05/09/02
• Re: Can your program see the draw ? Roy Eassa 10:41:13 05/09/02

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