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From: olle@sheoak.bcae (John Olle)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Chess, Reductionism.
Keywords: emergence, chess, reductionism
Message-ID: <417@sheoak.bcae.oz>
Date: 16 Mar 90 16:23:54 GMT
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(Chris Malcolm) writes:
>In chess it is not possible to checkmate a king with _only_ two knights.

I assume this means ... a king with only a king and two knights.

I don't like to be pedantic but this is not true.  It is possible.
However, it cannot be forced.  There are some positions where a king
and two knights can force mate against e.g. a king and a pawn.  In these
cases the extra material converts a draw into a loss.  This might be of
interest.

Chessplayers of the world unite.

John Olle