Author: Bernhard Bauer
Date: 04:52:39 03/30/00
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On March 29, 2000 at 23:51:26, Jeremiah Penery wrote: >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. > I read somewhere that it's possible to mate the lone king with one Knight! However, you had to play good moves. -:) >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. :) There may exist easy mates too. See the following position. [D]5K1k/8/8/8/4N3/5N2/8/1n6 w Here Crafty claims a draw due to insufficient material. Kind regards Bernhard
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