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Subject: Re: Can your program see the draw ?

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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