Author: James T. Walker
Date: 14:48:47 08/10/02
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On August 10, 2002 at 15:26:57, Mike Byrne wrote: >Position between Aristarch and Crafty SE 17.16. > >[D] 2b5/8/2kP1K2/Pp5p/1B5P/8/8/8 b - - 0 64 ; am > >This position has all the appearances of a dead drawn opposite color bishop >ending - and I think it is - but I'm not a master - so I can't say for sure. > >I do know that 64....Kd7 that Aristarch played leads to an immediate loss. > >Crafty 17.16 SE fails with Kd7 in two seconds and switches to Bd7 - which may >hold the draw - the win would be definately be harder for white after 64.... >Bd7. Both moves lose. It's a matter of chose your poison. You have to go back to an earlier position to find what went wrong. If Kd7 then white grabs the h pawn. If Bd7 then advancing the a pawn causes black more problems than it can handle Jim
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