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Moremover

... here is the whole story ... ( all worldrecords since 1889 )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhCni05-w_c

kindly regards from Karlsruhe

ZachMcMkay

the hardest checkmate is King + Knight + Bishop vs. King, King + Rook vs. King is insanely easy its ridculous to say its even hard.  If you think its hard you simply haven't learned that mating sequence.

Moremover

Here my worldreord from 2016 : Mate in 553 moves

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC3oecykcC8

There is NO 50M rule at FIDE for worldrecords like above

My chessproblems ( over 300 chessproblems WITH 50M rule ) anybody can find at gameknot.

You can klick here and try to solve them directly by clicking :

http://gameknot.com/chess-puzzles.pl?s=0&a=1&u=chesscode&m=0&s=9

kindly regards and have all a nice day with my chesspuzzles

Lutz Neweklowsky

AussieMatey

3 Rooks, 3 Knights, 3 Bishops + 2 pawns v 3 Queens and 8 pawns is quite hard, though materially equal.

GVSK1728

Hardest mate is King versus. King+Bishop+Knight.

ZharkhanTulawie12345

King vs King. always ends in stalemate. :'-(

Arisktotle
ZharkhanTulawie12345 wrote:

King vs King. always ends in stalemate. :'-(

No, it does never end in stalemate. In games and retrograde problems it ends straight away because the position is dead. In endgame studies it ends in a repetition draw. In other problem compositions it ends either by the 50M rule or by repetition.

It is all very confusing today. Read my post "understanding dead reckoning" to see that it could be resolved by the use of Soft DRexit. That would declare K vs K dead in all standard chess types!

DingRong
Good
TheOtherCreep

Bishop Knight checkmate or middle game checkmate if you didnt Fried Liver or Traxler someone. They definitely didnt bongcloud.

TB_Fini

It's not legal but if we have King+Knight vs. King and our opponent is a very bad player we can checkmate him.

TB_Fini

Another reason that makes me think Knight should cost 4 points, not 3

Sackinator
NEPatriots27 wrote:

what about 2 knights + king vs. King -

K+N+N vs K+P is a forced win in around 50 moves

nereeren
Sackinator yazdı:
NEPatriots27 wrote:

what about 2 knights + king vs. King -

K+N+N vs K+P is a forced win in around 50 moves

https://syzygy-tables.info/

Sackinator
nereeren wrote:
Sackinator yazdı:
NEPatriots27 wrote:

what about 2 knights + king vs. King -

K+N+N vs K+P is a forced win in around 50 moves

https://syzygy-tables.info/

I like the lomonosov mobile app

great678

In Order from Easiest to Hardest:

Two Queens(Requires Promotion)

Queen vs Pawn

Queen Vs Bishop

Queen vs Knight

Queen vs Rook

One Queen And King

One Queen and One Rook

Two Rooks

One Rook

Two Rooks vs Queen

One Rook and One Knight vs Queen

One Rook and One Bishop vs Queen

Two Bishops

Two Bishops vs a pawn
One Bishop and One Knight

One Bishop and One Knight vs One Pawn

Two Knights vs a Pawn

Two Knights vs a pawn(Advanced)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

great678

Actually, the Queen was the Third easiest or Second

Bayi1983

King + King vs Bishop

NotNormLOL

Hardest mate is queen + king vs rook + king

Easiest: Two queen mate

Second easiest: Queen + Rook mate

Third easiest: Two rooks mate

Fourth easiest: queen mate

5th easiest: rook mate

6th easiest: Two bishops mate

7th easiest: bishop and knight mate

Hardest: queen vs rook

Knight_king1014

For some rook mate is easier than queen mate because there's less chance to screw up.

Rory_Mcgillicudy_sucks
BNBNKQQ vs
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