Knightmate
Invented by: Bruce Zimov, 1972
Player has two Kings where the Knights usually are and a royal Knight where the King usually is
Game hierarchy
• Game
• Generic Chess
• Generic x8
• Generic 8x8
• Chess
• Knightmate
Board
FEN: rkbqnbkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBQNBKR w KQkq - 0 1
Piece Types
| Internal Name | Name | Notation | Added By | Notes |
| King | King | K | Generic Chess | |
| Pawn | Pawn | P | Generic Chess | can promote; en passant; pawn structure evaluation |
| Rook | Rook | R | Chess | castling partner; open file bonus |
| Bishop | Bishop | B | Chess | colorbinding evaluation |
| Knight | Knight | N | Chess | royal; can castle |
| Queen | Queen | Q | Chess | |
Game Variables
Name = "Knightmate"
Invented = "1972"
InventedBy = "Bruce Zimov"
NumberOfSquareColors = 2
FENFormat = "{array} {current player} {castling} {en-passant} {half-move clock} {turn number}"
FENStart = "#{Array} w #default #default 0 1"
Array = "rkbqnbkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBQNBKR"
DeduplicateMoves = false
StaticExchangeEvaluation = true
Declared in Generic Chess:
StalemateResult = Draw
PromotionRule = Standard
PromotionTypes = "QRNB"
BareKing = false
EnPassant = true
PromotingType = Pawn
CastlingType = Knight
Declared in Generic x8:
PawnDoubleMove = true
Declared in Generic 8x8:
Castling = Standard
Rules
MoveCompletionDefaultRule
BasicPromotionRule
EnPassantRule
CheckmateRule
Move50Rule
CastlingRule
RepetitionDrawRule
Evaluations
PawnStructureEvaluation
DevelopmentEvaluation
ColorbindingEvaluation
RookTypeEvaluation
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