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Subject: Re: ICC server claims draw when it's not !

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 09:54:15 02/18/00

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On February 18, 2000 at 11:38:49, Andreas Stabel wrote:

>An example of an endgame position which may lead to this mate is
>[D]3n1k1K/1q5Q/8/8/8/8/8/1B6 b - - 0 1
>1... Qxh7+ 2. Bxh7 Nf7#
>Rather nice I think :)

2. Kxh7 is a draw, and 1. Qb2+ is mate in 2, so this is an example that shows
that it is possible to blunder into this case, but I found another one where
it's forced, which is posted elsewhere.

bruce



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