Author: Robin Smith
Date: 11:27:02 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 The draw is quite easy. White puts his king on a2 and then never moves his king again. He makes only bishop moves, and avoids offers to trade bishops (though he can also trade bishops as long as he doesn't let black recapture with a pawn)). Robin
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