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H. G. Muller wrote on Thu, Feb 8 03:29 PM UTC in reply to H. G. Muller from Tue Feb 6 05:23 PM:

I am now using a standard sentence as Checkmating paragraph for most pieces, like

The XXX cannot inflict checkmate on a rectangular board with only assistance of its own King, and is thus a minor piece. Even with a pair of XXXs you cannot force checkmate on a bare King, but paired with another minor this is sometimes possible. Try it!

What exactly the role of the XXX is, is then explained on the Applet page, as well as what property the other piece would need. Obviously the second sentence would be different if a pair of XXX can checkmate, and in that case I would preferably use the pair as an example.

Only if there is something interesting to remark that is specific for the piece, the paragraph is longer.

Concerning weak pieces: it turns out Ferz + Wazir can force checkmate on 9x9, provided the Ferz is on the shade of the corners. (And not at all otherwise.) On 8x8 this end-game is generally a draw, but that is because the checkmate can only be performed in two of the corners, so that in general the distance to a deadly corner is much larger than on 9x9. On 6x6 the deadly corners are again close enough to shephard the bare King there when it has taken refuge in a safe corner.


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