That is, it is impossible for the knight to control both the corner square and the one adjacent to the enemy king the one your own king doesn't control. There is always an escape square for the lone king.
If the player with the lone king is drunk or reckless he would possibly move his king to the corner square in which case he would be checkmated. If the player with the king and 2 knights fails to checkmate the lone king within 50 moves then the player with the lone king can claim a draw.
What CAN be forced is checkmate with a king and a knight and a bishop against a lone king. There is an exact pattern for this though. Consult a chess book. My favorite is "Chess for Beginners" by Horowitz This is because knight controls only one coloured square a a time either black or white , this is the case with bishop So the opponent king can run using the other color which is not controlled.
Since two bishops control both colored squares and in case of Knight and bishop, knight should control the opposite colored square as that of the bishop Sign up to join this community.
The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Can you checkmate someone with a knight and a king? Can you mate with a bishop and king? Is it possible to checkmate with Knight and King against King?
How can I checkmate with a bishop and a Knight? Draw due to insufficient mating material means that you and your opponent have an insufficient number of pieces that could checkmate the opponent. So the game ends in a draw. So the game will either end into a stalemate or an automatic draw because of insufficient mating material.
There is also a type of draw which is known as, draw by 50 move rule according to which a player can claim a draw when no capture and no pawn movement has been made in the last 50 moves.
So if you consider that perspective as well then you will not be able to checkmate the lone king with a king and one knight because in attempt of doing so you would easily exceed the move limit. Moreover, you might also repeat moves causing draw by threefold repetition. Same position repeated three times. So there are many reasons which can come into effect while delivering checkmate to a lone king with a king and one knight and lead the game into a draw.
In general, as soon as you are left with just a king and knight while the opponent with only a king the game ends in a draw automatically due to having insufficient material. Given White's last move was Nb6 , what was Black's last move? Nov 13, 4. White to move? That's a bit odd. Nov 13, 5. Nov 13, 6. His king could have come from b8 after being placed in check by the knight on c6. Nov 13, 7. Good call there, tyzebug. Nov 13, 8.
Nov 13, 9. Well, in some cases it can be forced, if Black has a pawn. Nov 13,
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