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Bishop And Knight Mate
In chess, the bishop and knight checkmate is the checkmate of a bare king, lone king (chess), king by an opposing king, bishop (chess), bishop, and knight (chess), knight. With the stronger side to move, checkmate can be in at most thirty-three moves from almost any starting position. Although it is classified as one of the four basic checkmates, the bishop and knight checkmate occurs in practice only approximately once in every 6,000 games. History A method for checkmate applicable when the lone king is in the corner of the opposite color from the bishop (the "wrong" corner, where checkmate cannot be forced), was given by François-André Danican Philidor in the 1777 update to his famous 1749 treatise, ''L'Analyse des Échecs''. He called attention to the route of the knight now known as the #The "W manoeuvre", "W manoeuvre". Another method, known as #Delétang's triangle method, "Delétang's Method" or "Delétang's Triangles", applicable when the lone king is unable to reac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chess Kll45
Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves no hidden information and no elements of chance. It is played on a square board consisting of 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid. The players, referred to as "White" and "Black", each control sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and eight pawns, with each type of piece having a different pattern of movement. An enemy piece may be captured (removed from the board) by moving one's own piece onto the square it occupies. The object of the game is to " checkmate" (threaten with inescapable capture) the enemy king. There are also several ways a game can end in a draw. The recorded history of chess goes back to at least the emergence of chaturanga—also thought to be an ancestor to similar games like and —in seventh-century India. After its introduction in Persia, it spread to the Arab world and then to Europe. The modern rules of chess emerged in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
