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Knightmate. Win by mating the knight. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
H. G. Muller wrote on Fri, Aug 13, 2010 12:45 PM UTC:
Indeed. So those dreaming up the table, as well as Betza, were wrong...

Set up any symmetric position with Kings + 3-6 Pawns on either side, and add one or two Commoners for one side, and one or to Knights for the other, in mirror-imaged positions, and then take any strong Knightmate engine to play out the game a few hundred times. If you can find any position where the Commoners would have the upper hand, I would be interested to see it.

Give the other side two Bishops in stead of two Knights, and the Commoners are completely crushed...