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Subject: Re: Is this a draw?

Author: Martin Giepmans

Date: 06:47:37 12/22/02

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On December 22, 2002 at 02:31:30, David Dahlem wrote:

>[D]5rk1/1R3ppp/4p3/2b5/1p2P3/5N2/4K1BP/8 w - - 0 1
>
>Is this a win or draw? What does your favorite engine think?
>
>Dave

Looks like a draw to me. White doesn't have enough pawns left.

Some engines will probably think that white is better here because
a piece is usually better than 3 pawns in an ending.
SpiderChess evaluates it as a draw:
Ne5 Ra8 Nc6 Ra2+ Kf3 Ra3+ Ke2 Ra2+, etc.

Martin



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