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Subject: Re: Opposite Color Bishop Ending

Author: Ricardo Gibert

Date: 09:41:07 11/30/99

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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?


1...Bc5
Or 1...Be5 2.d7 Bc7=
2.d7 Bb6= 3.Bf5
Or 3.Bd5 Ke7 4.Bc6 Kf7 (4...Kf8=) 5.Bd5+ Ke7
3...Kf7=
Neither 3...Ba5? 4.Be6+- Ke7 5.Kg8 Kxe6 (5...Bc3 6.h7) 6.h7 nor 3...Bd8? 4.Be6+-
Bb6 (4...Bf6 5.Kg6 Ke7 6.d8Q+; 4...Ke7 5.Kg8 Kxe6 6.h7) 5.Kg6 Ke7 6.Bg4 (6.h7?
Bd4=) 6...Bd4 7.Kh7 Bb6 8.Kg8 are sufficient.
4.Bg4 Ba5 5.Bh5+ Ke7 6.Be8 Kf8 7.Kg6 Kg8

• Re: Opposite Color Bishop Ending Howard Exner 12:43:23 11/30/99
  • Re: Opposite Color Bishop Ending Ricardo Gibert 15:29:09 11/30/99
  • Re: Opposite Color Bishop Ending Bruce Moreland 14:51:27 11/30/99
  • Re: Opposite Color Bishop Ending Tim Mirabile 14:40:11 11/30/99

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