| 2. K - Kt 2 | K - Q 7 |
If 2...P × P ch; 3 K × P, followed by K - K 4, will draw.
| 3. P × P | P - K 5 |
and mere counting will show that both sides Queen, drawing the game.
If the student will now take the trouble to go back to the examples of King and Pawns which I have given in this book,[[3]] he will realise that in all of them the matter of the opposition is of paramount importance; as, in fact, it is in nearly all endings of King and Pawns, except in such cases where the Pawn-position in itself ensures the win.
14. THE RELATIVE VALUE OF KNIGHT AND BISHOP
Before turning our attention to this matter it is well to state now that two Knights alone cannot mate, but, under certain conditions of course, they can do so if the opponent has one or more Pawns.
