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Subject: Re: KB*KP - endgames

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 11:05:50 02/01/05

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On February 01, 2005 at 14:02:18, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

>On February 01, 2005 at 12:20:30, Thomas Mayer wrote:
>
>You  mean like this?
>
[D]8/8/P4b2/2K3k1/8/8/8/8 b - -

1-0

Whereas :
[D]8/8/P4b2/2K3k1/8/8/8/b7 b - -

Is a draw.

And if you remove the f6 bishop it's a win for white again.



>
>>Hi,
>>
>>just a hypotetic question:
>>Let's think that the bishop side has several bishops, all of the same colour.
>>The question is now: when not any of the bishops alone can stop the pawn is it
>>possible to create a position where they all together can stop it anyway ?
>>Or is it sufficent to say that it is a win when the lone pawn was checked in the
>>TBs against each bishop and both checks say that it is won ?
>>
>>I hope you understand what I mean -> I can not really explain it to myself... :)
>>
>>a possible example:
>>
>>[D] 3K2b1/7P/8/8/8/8/b2k4/8 w - - 0 1
>>
>>without the bishop on b2 this would be of course won and TBs give back a win
>>when we check the pawn against both bishops... and of course according to five
>>man this position is also won... the question is if it is possible to create a
>>position with the above mentioned circomstances which is draw ?!
>>
>>Greets, Thomas
>>
>>P.S.: You see, I am working on Quarks endgame... :)



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