Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 09:10:10 01/11/00
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On January 11, 2000 at 04:34:27, Dann Corbit wrote: >On January 11, 2000 at 04:02:27, Peter McKenzie wrote: > >>On January 10, 2000 at 22:41:51, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>> >>>Sierwan talks about exactly this kind of position in one of his books. The >>>tactics one, IIRC. >> >>Please post one or two of his positions if you have the book handy >I loaned all of my chess books to one of my friends (another would-be chess >program author). However, I do recall that Sierwan talks about it at length, >and even demonstrates positions where you can remove the bishop from the board >with no effect. It is obviously something he strives for in a game. > >It might have been the strategy book. Anyway, here is a fairly obvious example >of the principle: >[D]r1k2br1/p7/Pp1p3p/1PpPp1pP/2P1PpP1/1K3P2/8/8 b - - > >Black is "up" 13 but if the bishop were a different color, the whole game >changes instantly. As it is, it is an obvious draw. > >This is the garden variety "bad bishop" but any variation on this theme will >render the bishop useless (as in the game at hand). No response, just wanted to see the diagram... --Peter
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