Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 10:41:13 05/09/02
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On May 09, 2002 at 13:23:13, Mike S. wrote: >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 What if White just keeps his bishop on the long diagonal and his king on (or near) a1? How can Black proceed? (If Black tries to put his bishop onto the long diagonal, the bishops are of course exchanged for an easy draw.)
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