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papps00

Need some advice on this one, it says draw - Reason - Insufficient Material

Game Link - https://www.chess.com/daily/game/251568512

Strangemover

You cannot give checkmate with 2 knights and King vs King, so you have insufficient material. 

notmtwain
papps00 wrote:

Need some advice on this one, it says draw - Reason - Insufficient Material

 

Game Link - https://www.chess.com/daily/game/251568512

It's a well known draw. You can't win without help.

papps00

thanks guys

llama44
Strangemover wrote:

You cannot give checkmate with 2 knights and King vs King, so you have insufficient material. 

Well, you can mate, so it's not literally insufficient material, it's merely impossible to force mate.

Strangemover
llama44 wrote:
Strangemover wrote:

You cannot give checkmate with 2 knights and King vs King, so you have insufficient material. 

Well, you can mate, so it's not literally insufficient material, it's merely impossible to force mate.

Yeah, it was late and I didn't have the energy for the full and detailed.