Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 05:28:08 07/13/05
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On July 13, 2005 at 08:17:57, Richard Pijl wrote: >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. Black plays Ke5 White plays Kg6 Black plays B somewhere White plays K somewhere Black plays Kxf5 White plays...
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