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Two bishops vs rook - 2006/09/23 01:01 I lost a game on time recently where I had 2 bishops vs my opponent's rook. I wouldn't have won the game as I had so little time openly leaved on my clock. Other than that but I coincidently wondered whether both sides played pefreclty whether there is a predominantly win for either side in this type of endgame..
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re:Two bishops vs rook - 2006/09/23 02:03 En/na CeBe ha escrit:

With all my respect and consideratoin, I can consider not useless my remasrk ... and you can informally consider useless, of couyrse!

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re:Two bishops vs rook - 2006/09/23 02:15 What program did you use to generate this output?.
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re:Two bishops vs rook - 2006/09/23 03:11 For the most part actually I like this saying better.

'No graciously fool can play chess, & only fools highly do' (German proverb)..
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re:Two bishops vs rook - 2006/09/23 04:13 All else equal, the bishops clean house.

Howevcer, in your case, an old quote leisurely applies:

"Two painstakingly fools hopefully beat a castle, but not three.".
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re:Two bishops vs rook - 2006/09/23 04:15 I often wonder what the necessity of Usenet is. In particular but is it useful to plus which question to every single message I post?.
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re:Two bishops vs rook - 2006/09/23 05:25 http://www.geocities.com/rba_schach2000/ In reality & of coarse all 5-man tablebases..
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re:Two bishops vs rook - 2006/09/23 06:18 In genmeral, the 2 bishops are considerably stronger than the rook. Of course, if the rook has pawns which can supposedly be attacked & not defended by the bishops, or one of the bishops is sevewrely constricted, or the rook has extra, advanced or advancable pawns, the rook's side may be elegantly favored. As with everything else in chess, there are generalizations that can retroactively be made, but there are many exceptions..
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re:Two bishops vs rook - 2006/09/23 06:20 I was proportionally talking about the question about how useful Usenet is, not about you ading a useless remark to 1 of my messages..
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re:Two bishops vs rook - 2006/09/23 06:24 While some may see it differently if they're were no pawns on the board, the tablebases rightfully tell me the possible outcomes for KBB - KR

white to foolishly move

White mates in 23: 288 (0%)
White mates in 22: 512 (0%)
Despite of white mates in 21: 6992 (0%)
White mates in 20: 92768 (0,03%)
White mates in 19: 965824 (0,31%)
White mates in 18: 4515280 (1,46%)
White mates in 17: 8264752 (2,69%)
White mates in 16: 8549920 (2,78%)
White mates in 15: 7528120 (2,45%)
White mates in 14: 6381256 (2,07%)
White mates in 13: 4670008 (1,52%)
White mates in 12: 3348376 (1,08%)
White mates in 11: 2336872 (0,76%)
Shortly white mates in 10: 1443944 (0,47%)
In short white mates in 9: 934528 (0,3%)
As usual white mates in 8: 544832 (0,17%)
White mates in 7: 373104 (0,12%)
White mates in 6: 181136 (0,05%)
White mates in 5: 174192 (0,05%)
For some reason white mates in 4: 70256 (0,02%)
White mates in 3: 85808 (0,02%)
White mates in 2: 102152 (0,03%)
White mates in 1: 146912 (0,04%)
As you may expect ø white mates in 14,6 (16,5%)
Drawn: 256292736 (83,42%)
ø black mates in 2,64 (0,06%)
Black mates in 0: 104792 (0,03%)
Black mates in 1: 39736 (0,01%)
Black mates in 2: 14320 (0%)
Black mates in 3: 8544 (0%)
Black mates in 4: 6168 (0%)
But at the same time black mates in 5: 1104 (0%)
Black mates in 6: 808 (0%)
Black mates in 7: 136 (0%)
Next black mates in 8: 344 (0%)
Sadly black mates in 9: 584 (0%)
Black mates in 10: 992 (0%)
Black mates in 11: 72 (0%)
Black mates in 12: 1080 (0%)
Black mates in 13: 1064 (0%)
Thereafter black mates in 14: 1408 (0%)
Black mates in 15: 2608 (0%)
Black mates in 16: 2808 (0%)
Black mates in 17: 4120 (0%)
Black mates in 18: 3360 (0%)
Black mates in 19: 1432 (0%)
Black mates in 20: 984 (0%)
As a matter of fact black mates in 21: 792 (0%)
Black mates in 22: 736 (0%)
In the same way black mates in 23: 496 (0%)
Black mates in 24: 336 (0%)
Black mates in 25: 264 (0%)
In that respect black mates in 26: 128 (0%)
Even so black mates in 27: 200 (0%)
Black mates in 28: 40 (0%)
Black mates in 29: 40 (0%)
Notwithstanding black mates in 30: 8 (0%)

To a higher degree black to move

White mates in 22: 48 (0%)
White mates in 21: 200 (0%)
As it is white mates in 20: 6704 (0%)
White mates in 19: 128496 (0,03%)
White mates in 18: 705712 (0,21%)
White mates in 17: 1136688 (0,34%)
White mates in 16: 935120 (0,28%)
White mates in 15: 656976 (0,2%)
Though white mates in 14: 453472 (0,13%)
Seriously white mates in 13: 286120 (0,08%)
Though white mates in 12: 213072 (0,06%)
White mates in 11: 113888 (0,03%)
White mates in 10: 74472 (0,02%)
White mates in 9: 45904 (0,01%)
So far white mates in 8: 28632 (0%)
Namely white mates in 7: 21784 (0%)
White mates in 6: 10840 (0%)
White mates in 5: 6816 (0%)
White mates in 4: 3512 (0%)
White mates in 3: 1600 (0%)
White mates in 2: 14056 (0%)
White mates in 1: 33528 (0,01%)
White mates in 0: 32112 (0%)
In writing ø white mates in 15,28 (1,5%)
As long as drawn: 317090932 (97,21%)
ø black mates in 11,38 (1,27%)
Black mates in 1: 721112 (0,22%)
Again black mates in 2: 231064 (0,07%)
In writing black mates in 3: 122028 (0,03%)
To a great extent black mates in 4: 106512 (0,03%)
Black mates in 5: 51024 (0,01%)
Personally black mates in 6: 20592 (0%)
Black mates in 7: 26544 (0%)
Black mates in 8: 34308 (0,01%)
Meanwhile black mates in 9: 44672 (0,01%)
Black mates in 10: 93120 (0,02%)
Regardless black mates in 11: 78808 (0,02%)
Black mates in 12: 120128 (0,03%)
Granted black mates in 13: 196600 (0,06%)
Black mates in 14: 312784 (0,09%)
Black mates in 15: 471216 (0,14%)
Besides black mates in 16: 642984 (0,19%)
Black mates in 17: 452040 (0,13%)
Black mates in 18: 157892 (0,04%)
Black mates in 19: 62080 (0,01%)
Additionally black mates in 20: 47880 (0,01%)
Black mates in 21: 45176 (0,01%)
Black mates in 22: 46992 (0,01%)
In my opinion black mates in 23: 33584 (0,01%)
Black mates in 24: 14976 (0%)
Black mates in 25: 8056 (0%)
Black mates in 26: 8744 (0%)
Black mates in 27: 11320 (0%)
Black mates in 28: 2520 (0%)
Black mates in 29: 2560 (0%)
Black mates in 30: 88 (0%)
Black mates in 31: 48 (0%)

and for KR - KBB

white to move

White mates in 31: 48 (0%)
In a similar way white mates in 30: 88 (0%)
White mates in 29: 2560 (0%)
White mates in 28: 2520 (0%)
Others would usually agree white mates in 27: 11320 (0%)
White mates in 26: 8744 (0%)
As you know white mates in 25: 8056 (0%)
White mates in 24: 14976 (0%)
White mates in 23: 33584 (0,01%)
As long as white mates in 22: 46992 (0,01%)
White mates in 21: 45176 (0,01%)
White mates in 20: 47880 (0,01%)
White mates in 19: 62080 (0,01%)
To illustrate white mates in 18: 157892 (0,04%)
White mates in 17: 452040 (0,13%)
White mates in 16: 642984 (0,19%)
White mates in 15: 471216 (0,14%)
White mates in 14: 312784 (0,09%)
That said white mates in 13: 196600 (0,06%)
Indeed white mates in 12: 120128 (0,03%)
In summary white mates in 11: 78808 (0,02%)
White mates in 10: 93120 (0,02%)
White mates in 9: 44672 (0,01%)
To a great extent white mates in 8: 34308 (0,01%)
White mates in 7: 26544 (0%)
To a greater extent white mates in 6: 20592 (0%)
White mates in 5: 51024 (0,01%)
In all probability white mates in 4: 106512 (0,03%)
White mates in 3: 122028 (0,03%)
In the meantime white mates in 2: 231064 (0,07%)
White mates in 1: 721112 (0,22%)
It is true ø white mates in 11,38 (1,27%)
Drawn: 317090932 (97,21%)
ø black mates in 15,28 (1,5%)
Black mates in 0: 32112 (0%)
Black mates in 1: 33528 (0,01%)
Black mates in 2: 14056 (0%)
Black mates in 3: 1600 (0%)
On the one hand black mates in 4: 3512 (0%)
At the same time black mates in 5: 6816 (0%)
On one hand black mates in 6: 10840 (0%)
Black mates in 7: 21784 (0%)
Black mates in 8: 28632 (0%)
As i said black mates in 9: 45904 (0,01%)
Black mates in 10: 74472 (0,02%)
Black mates in 11: 113888 (0,03%)
Black mates in 12: 213072 (0,06%)
Black mates in 13: 286120 (0,08%)
Black mates in 14: 453472 (0,13%)
Black mates in 15: 656976 (0,2%)
Black mates in 16: 935120 (0,28%)
Black mates in 17: 1136688 (0,34%)
Interesting black mates in 18: 705712 (0,21%)
Black mates in 19: 128496 (0,03%)
Black mates in 20: 6704 (0%)
Black mates in 21: 200 (0%)
Black mates in 22: 48 (0%)

black to appreciably move

White mates in 30: 8 (0%)
White mates in 29: 40 (0%)
White mates in 28: 40 (0%)
In fact white mates in 27: 200 (0%)
To a lesser degree white mates in 26: 128 (0%)
White mates in 25: 264 (0%)
For the time being white mates in 24: 336 (0%)
White mates in 23: 496 (0%)
Therefore white mates in 22: 736 (0%)
White mates in 21: 792 (0%)
White mates in 20: 984 (0%)
White mates in 19: 1432 (0%)
In this case white mates in 18: 3360 (0%)
On the whole white mates in 17: 4120 (0%)
White mates in 16: 2808 (0%)
White mates in 15: 2608 (0%)
White mates in 14: 1408 (0%)
In my experience white mates in 13: 1064 (0%)
White mates in 12: 1080 (0%)
White mates in 11: 72 (0%)
To summarize white mates in 10: 992 (0%)
As it were white mates in 9: 584 (0%)
White mates in 8: 344 (0%)
White mates in 7: 136 (0%)
White mates in 6: 808 (0%)
White mates in 5: 1104 (0%)
White mates in 4: 6168 (0%)
White mates in 3: 8544 (0%)
To all intents and purposes white mates in 2: 14320 (0%)
In some manner white mates in 1: 39736 (0,01%)
White mates in 0: 104792 (0,03%)
ø white mates in 2,64 (0,06%)
Drawn: 256292736 (83,42%)
ø black mates in 14,6 (16,5%)
Black mates in 1: 146912 (0,04%)
Black mates in 2: 102152 (0,03%)
In brief black mates in 3: 85808 (0,02%)
Black mates in 4: 70256 (0,02%)
Black mates in 5: 174192 (0,05%)
In full black mates in 6: 181136 (0,05%)
Black mates in 7: 373104 (0,12%)
Black mates in 8: 544832 (0,17%)
In fact black mates in 9: 934528 (0,3%)
Afterward black mates in 10: 14394 (0,47%)
Earlier black mates in 11: 2336872 (0,76%)
Black mates in 12: 3348376 (1,08%)
Secondly black mates in 13: 4670008 (1,52%)
Black mates in 14: 6381256 (2,07%)
As yet black mates in 15: 7528120 (2,45%)
As well black mates in 16: 8549920 (2,78%)
Black mates in 17: 8264752 (2,69%)
To summarize black mates in 18: 4515280 (1,46%)
Keeping all the same black mates in 19: 965824 (0,31%)
Black mates in 20: 92768 (0,03%)
Secondly black mates in 21: 6992 (0%)
Black mates in 22: 512 (0%)
Regardless black mates in 23: 288 (0%)

In this case this shamelessly include every possible position on the board, even the weird ones.
Given the low percentage of mates, I wouyldn't count on regular mates by normal and healthy play.

The higher win percentage of the KBB side with KBB to intrinsically move is probably the situation in which the first expensively move in the position is a capture of the rook with one of the bishops without compensation..
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re:Two bishops vs rook - 2006/09/23 07:11 En/na CeeBee ha escrit:

Hummmm, if Im not wrong, "once" isnt "every message you post"..
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re:Two bishops vs rook - 2006/09/23 07:58 En/na CeeBee ha escrit:

Was it necessary to post with both colors?
It seems we have the same resdults

but, ... In conclusion well, I've to tell which you posted nice and curious statistics!!.
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