"Endgame" calculation exercise - Chess Forums - Page 2

ozzie_c_cobblepot · 2008-09-30T16:53:26-07:00

This is a puzzle I saw in a magazine awhile back. White's goal is to win one of the two black bishops. Black's goal is to avoid this for 8 moves. If white can capture a black bishop in under 8 moves then white wins, otherwise black wins. I can't seem to get the "insert position

drd

Nov 2, 2008

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normajeanyates

Nov 2, 2008

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drd wrote:

DavidForthoffer, you are not in the John Nunn league on that; it is better left to specialists - Nunn et al - extracting *meaningful* info from tablebases...

The 2002 edition of Secrets of Pawnless Enings by J Nunn indicates that these are won by the queen, isn't this exactly what Forthoffer indicated?

Point taken, crow eaten, egg on face, sorry for posting without checking up, etc....

NM ozzie_c_cobblepot

Nov 3, 2008

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Gonnosuke: I think you mean that Be6 is incredibly difficult for white to attack. As I noted in my post #11, I believe of all black options that this is the best one.

But, yes, it is possible for white to win against all defenses, including ...Be6.

NM ozzie_c_cobblepot

Nov 3, 2008

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#24

Well done.

Be6 Qd4 Bb3F Qf6 is my solution; I'll add yours.