bishops or knights?
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I know 2 bishops without any pawn on board can check mate, can two knights do it?
2 knights and king vs a lone king can apparently mate, but it can't be forced like with 2 bishops + King vs lone king
i have been following this all day, and while most of the comments are far more lucid than mine, i feel the urge to weigh in. if i gain any sort of advantage in the game, then i try to post my knight(s) on the 5th file, and look for forking possibilities. the less pieces there are on the board, the more the bishop's long range advantage takes over. but if u can keep a knight posted near the action, the facts that a knight can't be blocked, and the forking possibilties can make him devastating. sometimes, your own pawns, as well as your opponent's, can render a bishop useless, where as that almost never is the case with a knight. but there are few things more frustrating than having a knight 3 moves away from the action.
Yourself> You also can't checkmate with two knights and a king.
K+2N can't checkmate a K, but K+2N can checkmate a K+P. An oft-forgetten endgame rule that sometimes bites the unwary. ;)
I was thinking about adding that, but I didn't and hoped no one would notice.