[restore topic] Endgames with King + Elephant vs King

Each player will play with the usual 16 chess pieces + 2 new pieces, the new pieces are identical for both players. The choice of the new pieces is an agreement: white chooses the first piece and then black chooses the second piece.
There are 10 musketeer pieces: Leopard, Hawk, Chancellor, Archbishop, Elephant, Unicorn, Cannon, Dragon, Fortress and Spider.
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[restore topic] Endgames with King + Elephant vs King

Post by musketeerchess » Mon Sep 17, 2018 9:25 am

[real post date : Mon Aug 20, 2018 12:43 am]

Mate here is a very easy goal. Beware of stalemates !!

As usual, the mate is in the corner, but could also be on any square of the 1st or 8th line.

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1. Ef4 Ke6 2. Kd2 Kd5 3. Kc3 Kc5 4. Ee5+ Kc6 5. Kb4 Kd7 6. Kb5 Kd8

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other possibilities is pushing the opponent king from the 8th line to mate him in the corner

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7. Kc6 Ke8 8. Kd6 Kf8 9. Ef6+ Kg8 10. Ke6 Kh7 11. Eg5 Kh8 12. Kf6 Kg8 13. Eg7mate

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