19 Dec 07
Originally posted by TSaffleI think that's theoretically drawn; your opponent blundered to lose it.
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Didn't know how to deal with the rook vs. knight endgame.
But, that possibility always exists, so kudos to you for playing it out.
19 Dec 07
Originally posted by wittywonkaif they are spaced right i think there is a way, it was in "rethinking the chess pieces" by andy soltis
I think that's theoretically drawn; your opponent blundered to lose it.
But, that possibility always exists, so kudos to you for playing it out.
19 Dec 07
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Originally posted by jvanhineIf the king is on a back rank I believe it might be possible to force if you play the right waiting moves.
if they are spaced right i think there is a way, it was in "rethinking the chess pieces" by andy soltis
For a point of information, there was a famous engine user on Uchess who went by the name of chainsaw and his only loss was to me - in this very endgame.
The funny thing was, I was the player with the knight - it was the flaw in uchess that it does not recognise insufficient material to mate that allowed my victory on time.
After that he gave up using the account - so a great victory for the human mind there!
20 Dec 07
Regarding the original (200 move) game, I was oddly reminded of Space Invaders after watching the black king dance along each rank. Kudos to whoever had the patience to play that out: I dunno how quick you guys move but the game must've started sometime in the Dark Ages, surely.