Author: Helmut Conrady
Date: 11:27:32 11/17/04
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On November 17, 2004 at 13:32:44, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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. Correct. Max. DTM is 1 for white and black. :-) Helmut
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