Author: Jim Monaghan
Date: 15:10:51 12/26/03
In this study: [D]8/5B2/4P3/8/8/4k1p1/6P1/3b3K w - - 0 1 There are stalemate and underpromotion themes. First off, 1.Kg1? allows 1...Bb3 pinning the e-pawn. Also, 1.e7? Kf2 2.e8=Q Bf3 3.Bd5 Bxg2+ 4.Bxg2 stalemate. The right way is 1.Be8! Kf2 2.Bc6 Be2 3.e7 Bf1 4.e8=N! and White wins by bringing his knight to e4. My question is that both Ruffian and Crafty perfer 4.e8=B? both giving high scores. Yace gets it right with the knight underpromotion. Obviously with 4.e8=B, 4...Bxg2+ is a draw. I don't have tablebases installed on this PC. Anyone know what's going on? Why no contempt factor for bishops of the same colour? Jim
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