Author: James Robertson
Date: 09:55:10 02/18/00
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On February 18, 2000 at 11:38:49, Andreas Stabel wrote: >An example of an endgame position which may lead to this mate is >[D]3n1k1K/1q5Q/8/8/8/8/8/1B6 b - - 0 1 >1... Qxh7+ 2. Bxh7 Nf7# >Rather nice I think :) But 2. Kxh7 improves white's position a lot. :) I think there is no way to _force_ mate with only 1 bishop and one knight on the board. Bruce's position comes closest (with the knight on g5 so the queen must be captured with the bishop), but it is debatable whether or not that position could ever be forced. James > >I tried to match myself on ICC and made a game with this end and at least >then the server did not claim the draw, so perhaps it has logic to handle this. >But with a very stupid oponent it would still be possible to mate, so my >claim stands. > >Regards >Andreas Stabel
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