King + Bishop vs King: automatic draw?

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Is this situation an automatic draw?

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Without any pawns it is  :-)

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Thank you.

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You're welcome Smile

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seriously? you had to ask?

Avatar of RafaelFonseca

Absolutely. If you check my games, you'll see a game with AP_Chess. If we trade Queens, that's what's left. I have offered a draw and didn't want to be seen as insulting him. So I thought to make sure by asking you learned gentlemen of the forums.

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or anybody n the street.

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Ah, and I see your barbs are as good as your rating. :)

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thank you. i dont do well onlne.

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Technically you aren't supposed to ask questions on the forums about ongoing games.

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seriously macer?

Avatar of alano2003

Yep, auto draw

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dude, the questions been answered

Avatar of RafaelFonseca

@macer: Technically I asked a question about position that does not exsist at the moment.

@EDB123: every public forum has trolls....

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it is a draw

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RafaelFonseca wrote:

@macer: Technically I asked a question about position that does not exsist at the moment.

@EDB123: every public forum has trolls....

Technically, every analysis is about a position that does not exist at the moment.  Technically, the point of the rule is so you do not make game decisions based on advice given (such as, for instance, the not-so-hypothetical "offering a draw"). 

If you don't know something relevant to a game, play to the best of your ability and ask afterward.

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I just had a thought that I might as well post here. What if white had a king and knight whilst black had king plus rooks pawn. Say it was blacks turn to move and the pieces were placed thusly: black king h1, black pawn h3, white king f1, white knight g4. So blacks only legal move is h2 allowing Nf2 mate, but black instead of moving times out. Does black get a draw on insufficent material?

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@pearsnow

Unfortunately, I think the server will grant the draw. See this thread for starters.

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Thx for the link kleene. Shame if they don't grant the win, but I guess maybe its tricky for them to do in a fair way

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they'll grant a win. the pawn alone makes it sufficient mating material.