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Subject: Re: Opposite Color Bishop Ending

Author: Paulo Soares

Date: 18:48:15 11/29/99

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On November 29, 1999 at 17:01:49, Howard Exner wrote:

>5k2/7K/3P3P/8/3bB3/8/8/8 b - - id Rebel Century - Junior 6.0ss; bm d4e5;
>
>This position occurred in the recent tournament in Germany. Here Junior played
>Ke8 and Rebel eventually won. Can the game be saved with the move Be5?
>eg: 1. ... Be5 2.d7 Bc7. Are endgame table bases needed for this?

I analyzed the position with the help of Hiarcs7.32 and I believe that blacks
gets the draw with your variant. Tablebases (of the CD) don't help in this
position, I would say until that disturb, therefore the program wastes time
consulting the CD.
Paulo Soares, from Brazil



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