Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:35:44 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 puts the bishop on the a1-h8 diagonal? Black can't promote then, and if black trades bishops, it is dead drawn...
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