King + 2 Bishops question!

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Simple trivia question.

Is it possible to mate with 2 bishops + king against the lone king of the opponent?

a) no

b) yes, always

c) sometimes yes, sometimes no

C-nack

You can only choose a), b) or c), please edit your post into one of the answers. :)

Irontiger

Raah, roi_g11 ruined it for all of us. I was about to jump into the trap.

C-nack

♝♝♚ vs. ♔

NimzoRoy

Never mind...I finally "got it!"

Here's some more "trick questions" for you http://trick-questions.com/

Karura91

b.

chasm1995

The correct answer is "C"

C-nack

I'd say a), but I'm not sure

TheMasterBuilder

Seriously? It's an essential endgame to know. Get to work!

chessneon
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TheMasterBuilder wrote:

Seriously? It's an essential endgame to know. Get to work!

You can only choose a), b) or c), no other answers are accepted. What's yours?

TheMasterBuilder
C-nack wrote:
TheMasterBuilder wrote:

Seriously? It's an essential endgame to know. Get to work!

You can only choose a), b) or c), no other answers are accepted. What's yours?

B, of course. Were you not so hopelessly bureaucratic about this poll maybe you would have been able to deduce that from my words.

JMB2010

c, of course. TheMasterBuilder is wrong.

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LewisSkolnick wrote:

how do yo get to such a high rating and then end up asking this question?

I'm not very good at endgames. Anyways, you can only choose a), b) or c), no other answers are accepted. What's yours?

TheMasterBuilder
JMB2010 wrote:

c, of course. TheMasterBuilder is wrong.

Then show us a position where 2B+K vs K is not a forced checkmate.

C-nack wrote:
LewisSkolnick wrote:

how do yo get to such a high rating and then end up asking this question?

I'm not very good at endgames. Anyways, you can only choose a), b) or c), no other answers are accepted. What's yours?

I'd watch out for that red tape if I were you. Looks like you're tripping all over it.

i_r_n00b

C

JMB2010

TheMasterBuilder
JMB2010 wrote:
 

Touche. I should have chosen my words more carefully. Anyway, was this the entire point of this thread? To see how many people would consider this rare edge case of a position?

Abhishek2

c

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I should add "d) what is chess?"