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Subject: Re: draw by insufficient material

Author: Helmut Conrady

Date: 05:48:49 11/17/04

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On November 17, 2004 at 08:39:40, milix wrote:

>On November 17, 2004 at 08:27:47, Jan K. wrote:
>
>>Under winboard/arena which of the following positions should be claimed(/can be
>>claimed) as drawn by insufficient material-KBKN, KBKNN, KNNKNN? I thought that
>>KBKN can be claimed as a draw, but once this position happened under Fritz GUI,
>>my engine claimed draw and stopped playing but GUI still expected me to move and
>>my engine lost on time. Thx.
>
>[D] knB5/8/1K6/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
>
>White to move and mate in one - so this position is not a draw. The king is in
>the wrong corner.

Always draws are only:

KNK
KBK
K+ x bishops on the same coloured squares vs. K

Helmut



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