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  2. Bishop and knight checkmate - Wikipedia

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    A method for checkmate applicable when the lone king is in the corner of the opposite color from the bishop (the "wrong" corner, where checkmate cannot be forced), was given by François-André Danican Philidor in the 1777 update [5] to his famous 1749 treatise, L'Analyse des Échecs. [6]

  3. Checkmate pattern - Wikipedia

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    The bishop and knight mate is one of the four basic checkmates and occurs when the king works together with a bishop and knight to force the opponent king to the corner of the board. The bishop and knight endgame can be difficult to master: some positions may require up to 34 moves of perfect play before checkmate can be delivered.

  4. List of Roman Catholic archbishops of New York - Wikipedia

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    The Archbishop of New York is the head of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, who is responsible for looking after its spiritual and administrative needs.As the archdiocese is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province encompassing nearly all of the state of New York, [1] [2] the Archbishop of New York also administers the bishops who head the suffragan dioceses of Albany ...

  5. Rules of chess - Wikipedia

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    Left to right: king, rook, queen, pawn, knight, bishop. The rules of chess (also known as the laws of chess) govern the play of the game of chess. Chess is a two-player abstract strategy board game. Each player controls sixteen pieces of six types on a chessboard. Each type of piece moves in a distinct way.

  6. Chess on a really big board - Wikipedia

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    In fact, the king, bishop, and knight can force checkmate on the lone enemy king on an arbitrary large chessboard, provided that it has a corner on the colour that the bishop travels on. This was shown by Julius Telesin in 1983. [8] [9] A single archbishop, chancellor, [10] WFA, [11] or superknight (but not rose) can also force checkmate. Two ...

  7. Draw (chess) - Wikipedia

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    Combinations with insufficient material to checkmate include: king versus king; king and bishop versus king; king and knight versus king; king and bishop versus king and bishop with the bishops on the same color. Mutual agreement – a player may offer a draw to their opponent at any stage of a game. If the opponent accepts, the game is a draw.

  8. Chess.com - Wikipedia

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    ChessKid.com has run a yearly online championship called CONIC (the ChessKid Online National Invitational Championship), since 2012 which is recognized by the United States Chess Federation. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] According to David Petty, the event organizer in 2013, ChessKid has made agreements and partnerships with chess associations in schools.

  9. Gerald Thomas Walsh - Wikipedia

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    Gerald Thomas Walsh (born April 25, 1942) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop and vicar general of the Archdiocese of New York. While bishop, Walsh also served as rector of St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, New York, from 2007 to 2013.