Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 10:32:44 11/17/04
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On November 17, 2004 at 09:31:53, Alessandro Scotti 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. > >According to FIDE rules: > >"The game is drawn when a position is reached from which a checkmate cannot >occur by any possible series of legal moves, even with the most unskilled play." > >If this is followed strictly, there are not many possibilities! That said... I >think I also have the KBKN bug! :-) It is easy to construct a position where KB mates KN. It seems to be impossible to construct a position where that mate position can be forced. Calling it a draw is perfectly fine IMHO.
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