Great commentary! Thanks for the video!
That checkmate was hilarious. Lol.
Two knights can mate a king!
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Alone two knights without opponents king help cant force a checkmate I think. But if there are pawns on the board that changes everything. Atleast thats how I learned that.
@AunTheKnight, Thanks for the support! I've noticed the video quality is not good right now, but it will get better over time (since I don't have many subscribers/views, youtube slowly improves the video quality, it could take upto a day but usually after couple of hours is better).
@Arnaut10, are you sure for your first statement, I think two Knights and a king alone cannot force the mate (e.g. see here wiki page), but I was thinking under any circumstances they cannot mate the king. Two Knights and a king vs a lone king
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goldenbeer wrote:
@Arnaut10, are you sure for your first statement, I think two Knights and a king alone cannot force the mate (e.g. see here wiki page), but I was thinking under any circumstances they cannot mate the king. Two Knights and a king vs a lone king
the refutation to a 2 knights and king vs alone king is so obvious lol that most players agree to a draw
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In today puzzles I faced a strange puzzle, either I had to try to queen my pawn, or I had to mate my opponent with merely two knights and a king!!! I pushed hard to make my pawn queen and I failed, the solution was mate with two Knights and a king. That was unbelievable to me. I did not know that, since I heard way too many times that with two knights it is not possible to force mate, but apparently if pieces are in suitable place, it is possible (the opponent king wasn't even stuck in the corner).
Here is today's puzzle video (I think that puzzle appears in the middle of the video), it's interesting that there are just many surprises, I was considering myself an experienced player knowing all basics :-)