Author: Richard Pijl
Date: 05:17:57 07/13/05
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On July 13, 2005 at 06:17:20, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >On July 13, 2005 at 04:07:47, Peter Kappler wrote: > >> >>[D] 8/6k1/1P3p2/5P2/8/5b2/7K/8 w - - 0 80 >> >>It's 3am and I'm certainly tired enough to have missed something subtle, but I >>think this is a very simple draw for White. I'd like to know if there is any >>engine that can see this *without* tablebases. >> >>Oh, and if you do have this 6-piece tablebase, could you please confirm that it >>is a draw? :) >> >>-Peter > >Why can't Black do the following plan? >1) Put his K on d6. >2) Tempo with his bishop to gain e5 for his K. >3) Tempo with his bishop to win the f5 pawn with his K. >4) Queen the f-pawn tempoing with his B as needed. The white king allows access to e5 as he cannot stop it anyway. Instead, the whiteking will defend the pawn from g6, where it go to from h6 or h5 whenever black's king accesses e5. The bishop cannot be used to chase the king away as the white pawn will promote in that case. Richard.
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