It seems that white wins a knight by force: after the d6 knight moves, 65. Bxc4 picks up the pawn and pins the d5 knight. The e5 bishop ensures that the other knight can't defend it without being taken.
Black's best option seems to be 64 ... Ne7 65. Bxd6 Nxg6, reaching a BB vs. N endgame. With the best play, white usually wins these. But sometimes it takes more than 50 moves, which is a draw.
Originally posted by danilop It seems that white wins a knight by force: after the d6 knight moves, 65. Bxc4 picks up the pawn and pins the d5 knight. The e5 bishop ensures that the other knight can't defend it without being taken.
Black's best option seems to be 64 ... Ne7 65. Bxd6 Nxg6, reaching a BB vs. N endgame. With the best play, white usually wins these. But sometimes it takes more than 50 moves, which is a draw.
Originally posted by tomtom232 uhh 64...Nf5 65.Bxc4 Ne3 and not too much worried about trading a knight for the light squared bishop since thats the color of the queening square.
Hm, I overlooked that. Looks like a draw, then.
Edit: or maybe no.
64... Nf5
65. Bxc4 Nf5
66. Bb3 and black doesn't seem to have many options. If the king goes to f8, 67. g7+ forces it to go to g8 or f7 and keeps the knight pinned.
Originally posted by danilop Hm, I overlooked that. Looks like a draw, then.
I don't know. After Bb3 black still has problems. I was looking at it in my head so I thought that if black tries to win the knight on e3 black can get the pawn on g6 leaving just B+K v k but black doesn't have enought time to win the pawn thanks to the fact that he can't step onto g7 until after whites dark bishop leaves the long diagonal.
64...Nf5 65.Bxc4 Ne7 66.Ke4 looks like a win for white too.
So, You're Saying: with the forced line 64. Be7 Ne7; 65.Be5 Ne7; 66. Bxc4 Kg7;
and finally with this position after 66..Kg7; it's possible for White to
find a path Win for This Position?? 🙄
So, You're Saying: with the forced line 64. Be7 Ne7; 65.Be5 Ne7; 66. Bxc4 Kg7;
and finally with this position after 66.. ...[text shortened]...
[fen]8/6k1/3B2n1/8/2B5/5K2/8/8[/fen]
Posted by: Jcmessy (User 658847)
Yes. White's plan is to use the bishops and king to restrain the knight and force the king to a corner until one of these three situations arises:
1- the knight is forced away from the king (and then lost)
2- the knight is pinned and won by the king and bishop
3- checkmate
If the black king was in the center, that could take more than 50 moves, which is a draw. But in the diagram position, with the black jpking near the corner and the white king in such an active position, I think white can settle the deal in 20 moves or less. I'd show some variations, but I don't know how to set up a PGN from a FEN.
Event: "Challenge" Site: "http://www.redhotpawn.com" [Date "2012.04.27" End Date "2012.06.28" White: "Sir Everett"Black: "jcmessy" White Rating: "1962" Black Rating: "1965"
Result "1/2-1/2"
Is Win Possible for White?
09 Jul '12 15:031 edit
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