27 Oct 05
Originally posted by conneracgood players facing good players resign long before they reach that point, but there are exceptions:
Do good players just resign when they have a king and a bishop or knight and they're fighting a queen? What's the general way of going for stale-mate? Is it to head for a corner with all pieces?
I'm not looking for help on a particular game :-)
White to move and draw:
27 Oct 05
The answer to this puzzle appears to be: keep checking the King with the Rook. If the King takes the Rook, stalemate If not, keep checking, then the 50-move rule will come into play.
Keep playing if the other is slightly above average or lower in strength. Such players (like me!!!) tend to blunder away won games.
27 Oct 05
Originally posted by BowmannThere's a nuance in "long before" that you are missing. I apologize for going above your sphere of knowledge once again, troll.
I don't see a Bishop or a Knight here.
Here, I'll break it down.
Originally posted by Wulebgr
good players facing good players resign long before they reach that point, but there are exceptions:.
Because a rook is more valuable than a bishop or knight, and because a rook is usually impotent against a queen, most players facing good players will resign when they are on the weaker end of such an imbalance--"long before" it is bishop against queen.
Here's another example of a terrible material deficit for white in which resignation would be a serious blunder, even though black threatens checkmate on the next move. White's move:
27 Oct 05
*Sigh*
Yes the rook must keep checking, but it must do so from the second rank. If the king moves in and capture the rook, stalemate. If the queen captures the rook on c2, stalemate. If the king moves to the b-file, the rook skewers the queen and both come off the board, leading to a draw by insufficient material. If the king keeps running from the checks, either the 50-move rule or repetition of position will come into play.