Wednesday 10 July 2013

Endgame Study 3:-Opposite Color Bishops (C)

White to play , how do you assess this position win for White or draw?

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A game that I liked (ChessBase 12)
[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Endgame "] [Black "Opposite color bishops "] [Result "*"] [Annotator "user"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/8/1b1k4/7P/P1K3B1/8/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "10"] {Black will sacrifice his bishop when White moves the h6 plan and his king will gard the a8 square stopping White from catleing} 1. h5 Be8 2. h6 Bg6 3. a4 Kc6 4. Kd4 Kb7 5. a5 Ka8 *

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