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Subject: Re: When is considered the opponent does not have enough mating material ?

Author: Dieter Buerssner

Date: 12:08:54 09/26/03

On September 26, 2003 at 14:48:50, Peter Stayne wrote:

>White king on h1, Black king on g3, knight 1 at f2, knight 2 at e2 is mate, but,
>of course, you'd need help from your opponent to get him into that position.

The king even does not need to be in the corner

[D] 8/8/8/8/8/4N3/3N4/K1k5 w - - 0 1

Nb3#

>>Two knights only cannot mate an opponent but two knights + pawn will do.

I guess you meant "but often two knights *vs.* pawn will do".

Regards,
Dieter

Re: When is considered the opponent does not have enough mating material ? Andrei Fortuna 21:57:38 09/26/03
- Re: When is considered the opponent does not have enough mating material ? Uri Blass 22:45:54 09/26/03
  - Re: When is considered the opponent does not have enough mating material ? Andrei Fortuna 00:22:32 09/27/03

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