King and Rook vs. King and Bishop

Originally posted by LivingLegend
When played correctly, is this a draw or should the player with the rook be able to win?

Olav

I think that if played correctly, it is a draw. I think...

-Tim

Originally posted by LivingLegend
When played correctly, is this a draw or should the player with the rook be able to win?

Olav

On rook vs. bishop, Practical Chess Endings by Paul Keres, published in 1972 says the following; The ending of rook against bishop or knight is usually drawn,but there are some positions in which the unfavorable placing of the pieces allows the holder of the major piece to win. This is mainly when the defending king is on the edge of the board......it goes on to give some examples

Originally posted by LivingLegend
I asked this guy who's name is Fritz, and he sais (a shootout at depth 12) that the one with the rook wins!😕

I'll let it run on depth 15 today, and see what happens!🙂

Olav

You'll have to buy the Fritz Endgame Turbo.
I think Fritz's horizon isn't wide enough to "see" the end result of this particular endgame.

I bought "Die Endspiel Universität" by Mark Dvoreckij. A German translation of this Russian book.
An awesome chessbook on endgames.
page 295: "Wenn sich keine Bauern auf dem Brett befinden, hält der
Läufer gegen den Turm ziemlich leicht Remis. Es ist sogar ungefährlich, wenn der König an den Brettrand gedrängt wird."

I'll try a translation:"If there are no pawns on the board, the bishop easily draws against a rook. It is not even dangerous, when the king is being driven to the edge of the board." * 😏

I'm not sure whether there is an English translation available.
Everybody should buy this one. You can throw away all your other endgame books. Now don't you guys take that too litteral, I might get into trouble ... It's really awesome. It's not cheap however.

* Notice the differences with Paul Keres's book "Practical Chess Endings" in the previous post !!