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Subject: Re: Oops (again)

Author: Jeremiah Penery

Date: 20:51:26 03/29/00

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On March 29, 2000 at 17:56:54, Chessfun wrote:

>On March 29, 2000 at 17:13:47, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>>at the end (and the last bit is easy to memorize).  I have heard that it's
>>>possible to mate with two knights,
>
>It isn't possible.

With two knights against a lone king, if you can't mate in 1, you can't mate at
all.
If the opponent has a piece (pawn, most notably - other pieces screw it up most
of the time), the mate _is_ possible, but it is extremely difficult - up to 115
moves. :)



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