Let’s have a look at the diagram below. White is two pawns ahead, but it is Black’s turn to move. Is he able to get a draw?
White’s bishop is a bad bishop. It has the wrong color and will not be able to drive away Black’s king from the promotion square of the rook pawn. Knowing this Black only has to capture the b-pawn to get the draw.
3 Responses to “The bad bishop” it’s so great you give the option for the email. that draw is interesting, and i learned in another game, that when the knight is on the edge, a bishop can prevent it from moving altogether. it’s great for trapping a knight on the endgame. also, i’ll have to check out more draw combinations, like with the king and knight, so i’ll remember them.  hi
thanx.very very much.  I liked this very much. Rather then read ahead I was trying to examine the first position and answer the question myself. I knew all the rules about the rook pawn being a draw, but I put too much thought into it. After reading your explanation, just worry about getting the “b pawn” with the knight, it was easy for me from there. IN FACT, I played a game, shortly after looking at this, where I had a similar situation except I was the one that had the pawns, I sacrificed my knight to get rid of a pawn and force that my only remaining pawn WASN’T on the rooks file. I thought back at this when I made the move and ensured myself a win by remembering that the knight didn’t matter (like in this example) what mattered was which pawn I was going to let advance. Hope this all made sense, and thank you for the “wrinkle in my brain”
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