Are opposite clored bishops endgames always drawn?

Please tell me the answer

With 40 in puzzle rush, I think you know that not all opposite colored Bishops are drawn.

Ok

I'm not sure tbh

No it's not

this leads to a mate

No.

You can find plenty of instructive examples in Dvoretsky's books.

No not at all.

For Zugzwang fans. White wins.

No it doesn't have to be a draw, you can win it, because the minimum material to checkmate is just one knight, one bishop and a king. And it doesn't matter which bishop.  You just have to push your opponent's king into one of the corners which is controlled by the one bishop you still have. But minimum material is pretty flecking tricky, and international grand-masters have missed it.  It takes practice and a lot of moves; it would surely seem impossible to do under extreme time pressure.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkmate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkmate

Zugzwang is one of the only ways to win. i find it difficult to convert though.

Even without any knowledge of chess endgames someone could answer 'No' immediately because it is inconceivable (and incorrect) to think that every opposite bishop ending ever played has ended in a draw and always will, in the same way that being 3 Queens up is not always a win.

Offcourse

That is the diagram btw

THis is a nice, instructive example

really?

Don't you think so?  It's the starting position of one of Chéron's studies, btw.

Oh really. And I guess it is one of those few positions that a human can solve faster than an engine, as the winning plan is quite long (but rather easy to figure out).