Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 02:38:17 01/16/03
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On January 15, 2003 at 20:14:44, David Rasmussen wrote: >On January 15, 2003 at 19:37:44, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >>>> >>>>[D]8/8/4pk1B/8/5K1N/p7/8/8 w - - 0 1 >>>> >>>>1.Nf5 exf5 2.Bf8 a2 3.Bb4 a1Q 4.Bc3+ Qxc3 Stalemate >>>> >>> >>>Isn't 3... a1=B a refutation? Then 4. Bc3+ Bxc3 isn't stalemate >> >> >>It isn't stalemate, but how White can win with just a bishop is a problem. >>Yes? > >I don't understand this sentence. > >The goal of white is not to win here, but to draw. > >/David Okay I got it backwards. Of course White does not play [after 3..a1=B] 4.Bc3+, but rather 4.Kf3. His King moves to a square in the path of Blacks only pawn. One he cannot be compelled to move off from. *Now* what I should have said, "It isn't stalemate, but how *Black* can win with just a Bishop and Pawn against Bishop is a problem. Yes?" It's a draw whether Black underpromotes or not.
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