Checkmate pattern: Difference between revisions

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For this type of mate, the rooks on White's 7th rank can start on any two files from ''a'' to ''e'', and although black pawns are commonly present as shown, they are not necessary to deliver the mate. (The rook on the back rank, adjacent to the king, is only necessary only if the attacking side does not have a third piece to guard the square and stop the king from moving away.) The second diagram shows the final position after checkmate. (In the book ''[[My System]]'', Nimzowitsch refers to this type of mate as: "The seventh rank, absolute.")

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|Checkmate with a king and two knights, but it cannot be forced.}}

In a [[two knights endgame]], the side with the king and two knights {{em|cannot}} checkmate a bare king by {{chessgloss|forced mate|force}}. This endgame should be a [[draw (chess)|draw]] if the bare king plays correctly. A mate only occurs only if the player with the bare king [[blunder (chess)|blunders]]. In some circumstances, if the side with the bare king instead has a pawn, it is possible to set up this type of checkmate.

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