With 40 in puzzle rush, I think you know that not all opposite colored Bishops are drawn.
Are opposite clored bishops endgames always drawn?
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I'm not sure tbh
No it's not
No not at all.
Apr 27, 2020
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#11
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.
Apr 27, 2020
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#13
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.
trinkandreas1 wrote:
Offcourse
That is the diagram btw
pfren wrote:
Sred έγραψε:
For Zugzwang fans. White wins.
THis is a nice, instructive example
really?
Apr 29, 2020
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#17
GervLS wrote:
pfren wrote:
Sred έγραψε:
For Zugzwang fans. White wins.
THis is a nice, instructive example
really?
Don't you think so? It's the starting position of one of Chéron's studies, btw.
sometimes if there are two connectors, then the defending king has to stand in front of the pawns. If it doesn't then the attacker can push forwards on the same colour as the bishop.
Please tell me the answer