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Subject: Re: KB*KP - endgames

Author: Thomas Mayer

Date: 11:22:26 02/01/05

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Hi Vincent,

On February 01, 2005 at 14:05:50, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

>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.

thanks... your example kills my second idea... so I must return failure when 2
bishops are present... I could create rules which even would cover those
problems, but for a fast routine they would be to complicate...

It's always good to have an FM handy... :)

Greets, Thomas



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