King + two knights vs King + bishop

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Avatar of luisondrej

When I played today a (not regular) game, I got into a situation where I had two knights and my opponent had bishop (move 31). I had always thought this would be automatically declared as draw, but it wasn't. It was declared later, when I took bishop. I don't think there is forceable mate… Same as when there is two knights against lonely king.

Avatar of MariasWhiteKnight

There is no general foceable mate, but its perfectly possible that you can get a mate if the position is just right. So you wouldnt want the system to declare this draw by insufficient material.

Avatar of luisondrej

Yes, but then also 2 knights vs only king shouldn't be draw too…
I would agree if both were immediate draw, or none. I don't get why one should be and the other shouldn't.