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  2. Two knights endgame - Wikipedia

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    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), or a bishop and a knight, a king and two knights cannot force checkmate against a lone king (however, the superior side can force stalemate [1] [2]).

  3. Fool's mate - Wikipedia

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    Fool's mate was named and described in The Royal Game of Chess-Play, a 1656 text by Francis Beale that adapted the work of the early chess writer Gioachino Greco. [2]Prior to the mid-19th century, there was not a prevailing convention as to whether White or Black moved first; according to Beale, the matter was to be decided in some prior contest or decision of the players' choice. [3]

  4. Checkmate - Wikipedia

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    A checkmate may occur in as few as two moves on one side with all of the pieces still on the board (as in fool's mate, in the opening phase of the game), in a middlegame position (as in the 1956 game called the Game of the Century between Donald Byrne and Bobby Fischer), [3] or after many moves with as few as three pieces in an endgame position.

  5. Checkmate pattern - Wikipedia

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    In the first diagram with White to play, White can force checkmate as follows: 1. Rxg7+ Kh8 2. Rxh7+ Kg8 3. Rbg7# For this type of mate, the rooks on White's 7th rank can start on any two files from a to e, and although black pawns are commonly present as shown, they are not necessary to deliver the mate. The second diagram shows the final ...

  6. Sasha Bordeaux - Wikipedia

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    Sasha Bordeaux is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.The character was at first primarily associated with superhero Batman, and she has subsequently evolved an association with Checkmate in two of its incarnations.

  7. Checkmate (comics) - Wikipedia

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    Checkmate, a division of Task Force X, is a fictional covert operations agency appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.The antihero team first appeared in Action Comics #598 (March 1988) and proceeded to have its own ongoing title in Checkmate! [1]

  8. List of world records in chess - Wikipedia

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    The fewest moves required to deliver checkmate in chess is two, in what is known as the fool's mate (1.g4 e5 2.f3?? Qh4# and variants thereof). This happens in amateur play.

  9. List of Checkmate members - Wikipedia

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    Checkmate is a fictional covert operations agency, as published by DC Comics.. The roster of the agency has changed a great deal over the years. These roster lists are of the members during the agency's various incarnations.