Author: Odd Gunnar Malin
Date: 16:51:29 08/10/02
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On August 10, 2002 at 18:52:19, Mike Byrne wrote: >On August 10, 2002 at 17:48:47, James T. Walker wrote: > >>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 > >Please post the winning line after Bd7. Thanks > >Mike I guess a6 follow by Ke7 should win the bishop and the game. There was an interesting position in ChessToday 637 with the opposite bishop ending where White also win. [D]2k3r1/2p5/p1p1b3/2B4p/1P3R1P/P3P3/3K1P2/8 w - - White's (GM Speelman) played Rf8+! and got praise for his good endgame technique. Odd Gunnar
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