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Subject: Re: Opposite Color Bishop Ending -- Seems like a win

Author: Steve Schooler

Date: 01:50:05 12/01/99

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My intuition (guesswork) agrees with Bob Hyatt.  Specifically:
1.  White's bishop must cover the a2-g8 diagonal before the White King releases
to g6.
2.  White pawns aren't that far apart, so Black's King shuttle (Ke7, Kf8) is a
problem.
3.  On g6, White king controls f6 which is the only square available for Black
bishop to simultaneously cover d8 and h8.

Any draw claim would have to refute the following:

1... Be5 2. d7 Bc7 3. Bf5 Bd8 4. Be6 Ke7 5. Kg6 Kxe6 6. h7



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