rook endings - Free State Chess
... Four Pawns against three have a slightly better chance than three against two. In cases where there are Pawns on both sides of the board and the forces are equal, everything depends on the position. A case frequently occurring in practice is that in which on one side there is an equal number of Paw ...
... Four Pawns against three have a slightly better chance than three against two. In cases where there are Pawns on both sides of the board and the forces are equal, everything depends on the position. A case frequently occurring in practice is that in which on one side there is an equal number of Paw ...
CONTENT 1 game board, 32 chess pieces. AIM OF THE
... Chess is a game for two players, one with white pieces and one with black. The object is to capture your opponent’s King. At the beginning the pieces are set up as shown in picture 1. THE PIECES AND HOW THEY MOVE White always moves first and then players take turns moving. Only one piece may be move ...
... Chess is a game for two players, one with white pieces and one with black. The object is to capture your opponent’s King. At the beginning the pieces are set up as shown in picture 1. THE PIECES AND HOW THEY MOVE White always moves first and then players take turns moving. Only one piece may be move ...
Bishop and knight checkmate
The bishop and knight checkmate in chess is the checkmate of a lone king which can be forced by a bishop, knight, and king. With the stronger side to move and with perfect play, checkmate can be forced in at most thirty-three moves from any starting position where the defender cannot quickly win one of the pieces. The exceptions occur when (1) The defending king may be forking the bishop and knight so that one of them is lost on the next move, or (2) the knight may be trapped in a corner by the defending king and the knight is lost in one or two moves, and the position is not in the ""stalemate trap"" (see below). These exceptions constitute about 0.5% of the positions. Checkmate can be forced only with the defending king in a corner controlled by the bishop or on a square on the edge next to such a corner. Although this is classified as one of the four basic or elementary checkmates (Fine & Benko 2003:1) (the others being king and queen; king and rook; or king and two bishops against a lone king), it occurs in practice approximately only once in every 6000 games.