What Is a better endgame K+B+2P vs K+2P OR K+N+2P vs K+2P

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joshforthewin

For the person with the bishop/knight

Fetoxo
Both
adityasaxena4

Bishop

tygxc

Both should win.

'An endgame with an extra pawn is won. The plan is to queen the pawn.
An endgame with an extra piece is won. The plan is to trade the piece for a pawn.'
- Capablanca

adityasaxena4
tygxc wrote:

Both should win.

'An endgame with an extra pawn is won. The plan is to queen the pawn.
An endgame with an extra piece is won. The plan is to trade the piece for a pawn.'
- Capablanca

Knights take forever and thus bishops would be a more winning endgame as bishops are long range and fast .

JayThe10th

but a bishop can only go on a certain colour/ square and can normally be avoided. a knight can move anywhere it wants with the correct moves.