The two knights endgame is a chess endgame with a king and two knights versus a king. In contrast to a king and two bishops (on opposite-colored squares)...

knight versus king. Two knights cannot force checkmate against a lone king (see Two knights endgame). While there is a board position that allows two...

knight can have up to eight available moves at once. Knights and pawns are the only pieces that can be moved in the chess starting position. Knights and...

chess endgame is a chess endgame in which only a few pieces remain, and no pawns. The basic checkmates are types of pawnless endgames. Endgames without...

In the game of chess, an endgame study, or just study, is a type of chess problem that starts with a composed position—i.e. one that has been made up...

The Two Knights Defense (also called the Prussian Defense) is a chess opening that begins with the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 First recorded...

Two knights may refer to: Two Knights Defense – chess opening Two knights endgame – chess endgame Two Knights from Brooklyn – 1949 film Two Arabian Knights...

and the position is clearly drawn because the two knights cannot force checkmate (see two knights endgame). An unusual event occurred in a game in the...

knights, maneuver the enemy king into a stalemated position, then bring the other knight over to checkmate. (See Two knights endgame.) Three knights Three...

Girl, and the Telephone. Ajeeb or the Egyptian: Ramón Jiménez, "The Rook Endgame Machine of Torres y Quevedo". ChessBase, 20 July 2004. URL accessed 15...

Italian dish), is a chess opening variation of the Two Knights Defense in which White sacrifices a knight for an attack on Black's king. The opening begins...

5.axb5 cxb5?? 6.Qf3! winning a piece. The Queen's Gambit is divided into two major categories based on Black's response: the Queen's Gambit Accepted (QGA)...

saying "A knight on the rim is dim!" A king and one knight are not sufficient material to checkmate an opposing lone king (see Two knights endgame). A king...

the slightly better endgame after either 19...Rxd2 20.Bxd2 Rd8 21.Bc3 Rd1+ 22.Rxd1 Bxd1 or 19...h6 20.h4. 3.Nc3 is the Three Knights Game of Petrov's Defence...

lines for pieces, and actually hinders the development of White's king knight by denying it its most natural square, f3. It also weakens White's kingside...

involves analyzing the endgame with two knights versus a pawn, see Troitsky line. John Nunn analyzed this endgame with an endgame tablebase and stated that...

peak with Alexander McDonnell and Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais, the two dominant chess players of the 1830s.[citation needed] The 1840s were dominated...

occurs after Black plays 4...c5 in the Three Knights Variation. An important line in this variation is the Endgame Line where the game continues: 5.cxd5 cxd4...

primary difference being that in the Modern, Black delays developing the knight to f6. The delay of ...Nf6 attacking White's pawn on e4 gives White the...

C55–C59 for the Two Knights Defense. Side lines are covered under C50. This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. Black's two main options...

alternatives 2...d4, 2...c6, and 2...e6 are more common, with the latter two generally leading to a Queen's Gambit type of position, and 2...d4 typically...

perfect play in a number of endgames, including all non-trivial endgames with no more than seven pieces or pawns (including the two kings). One consequence...

possible mate. In a two knights endgame, the side with the king and two knights cannot checkmate a bare king by force. This endgame should be a draw if...

certain general principles about endings, such as: "Two knights alone cannot mate" (see Two knights endgame), the ending with a bishop and rook pawn whose...

1895 – September 12, 1980) was a French chess player, endgame theorist, and a composer of endgame studies. He was named a FIDE International Master of...

exd6 0-0 is considered to offer good play for Black. The Classical (Two Knights) System begins 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 0-0 6.0-0. White...

maintain this knight on a strong central outpost, play continues 9...Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 0-0 12.0-0 Rc8 13.e4. By diverting the black knight on move 9...

rapid phase with 13 points, while Carlsen and Nakamura shared first in the two-day blitz phase with 12 points each. In August 2023, an article was published...

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This development of the queen's knight does little to utilize White's advantage of the first move. On a3 the knight does not control central squares...