King + Bishop vs King: automatic draw?

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RafaelFonseca

Is this situation an automatic draw?

Time4Tea

Without any pawns it is  :-)

RafaelFonseca

Thank you.

Time4Tea

You're welcome Smile

EDB123

seriously? you had to ask?

RafaelFonseca

Absolutely. If you check my games, you'll see a game with AP_Chess. If we trade Queens, that's what's left. I have offered a draw and didn't want to be seen as insulting him. So I thought to make sure by asking you learned gentlemen of the forums.

EDB123

or anybody n the street.

RafaelFonseca

Ah, and I see your barbs are as good as your rating. :)

EDB123

thank you. i dont do well onlne.

macer75

Technically you aren't supposed to ask questions on the forums about ongoing games.

EDB123

seriously macer?

alano2003

Yep, auto draw

EDB123

dude, the questions been answered

RafaelFonseca

@macer: Technically I asked a question about position that does not exsist at the moment.

@EDB123: every public forum has trolls....

iamboss123

it is a draw

ex0du5
RafaelFonseca wrote:

@macer: Technically I asked a question about position that does not exsist at the moment.

@EDB123: every public forum has trolls....

Technically, every analysis is about a position that does not exist at the moment.  Technically, the point of the rule is so you do not make game decisions based on advice given (such as, for instance, the not-so-hypothetical "offering a draw"). 

If you don't know something relevant to a game, play to the best of your ability and ask afterward.

pearsnow

I just had a thought that I might as well post here. What if white had a king and knight whilst black had king plus rooks pawn. Say it was blacks turn to move and the pieces were placed thusly: black king h1, black pawn h3, white king f1, white knight g4. So blacks only legal move is h2 allowing Nf2 mate, but black instead of moving times out. Does black get a draw on insufficent material?

SCKleene

@pearsnow

Unfortunately, I think the server will grant the draw. See this thread for starters.

pearsnow

Thx for the link kleene. Shame if they don't grant the win, but I guess maybe its tricky for them to do in a fair way

EDB123

they'll grant a win. the pawn alone makes it sufficient mating material.