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Alfil. Jumps two diagonally. Arabic for the elephant.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Robert Shimmin wrote on Sun, May 4, 2003 01:03 PM UTC:
Two alfils + king can mate the opposing king in a helpmate situation, but they cannot force the opposing king into the corner if he does not wish to go. Three are certainly insufficient for this task. Eight are certainly sufficient. Whether it can be done with some number between four and seven (of course, with all the alfils differently colobound) is not something I wish to think about for the moment.