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Subject: Re: Wrong bishop ending is surprisingly common (and difficult also)!

Author: John Merlino

Date: 10:39:16 05/23/05

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On May 23, 2005 at 12:28:14, Jouni Uski wrote:

>When playing match between Gandalf and Spike I saw there was in 2/14 = 14% of
>games wrong colour bishop ending. Of course it was Spike who thinks it's
>winning. But it's no shame, when both positions are also beyond Shredder9
>knowledge... I think this is the most important ending for engines to handle
>with TBs or knowledge.
>
>First position:
>[D]1b6/1P6/4k3/8/8/7p/5K2/8 w - -
>
>Second position:
>[D]8/2K5/5k1P/8/8/8/1p6/1B6 b - -

CM9_R1 gives an eval that is just a few centipawns away from a draw on both of
these positions.

jm




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