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Le 14 nov. 2020 à 03:35, Andy Latto <andy.latto@pobox.com> a écrit :
On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 7:19 PM Éric Angelini <eric.angelini@skynet.be> wrote:
K+B+N vs K is not a draw:
Yes, I understand that in standard chess, K + B + N vs King is a win. I was speculating as to whether, in a hypothetical version of chess in which pass was a legal move, this would still be a win; I suspect that it would be a draw under these rules.
Andy
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_and_knight_checkmate
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Le 14 nov. 2020 à 00:41, Marc LeBrun <mlb@well.com> a écrit :
Can't resist mentioning: I've been wondering about a variant where pawns must promote to bishops only. It would subtly diverge from normal chess, increasingly differing towards endgame, but only sometimes.
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