Editing Two knights endgame (section)

====On the edge====
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| White can also try for a mate on the edge of the board
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There are also checkmate positions with the inferior side's king on the edge of the board (instead of the corner), but again they cannot be forced.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/rba_schach2000/overview_english.htm |title=Chess program Wilhelm |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208015339/http://www.geocities.com/rba_schach2000/overview_english.htm |archive-date=December 8, 2008 }} + {{cite web|url=http://auto-chess.blogspot.ch/2012/11/download-nalimov-end-game-tablebases-2.html|title=Nalimov Engame Tablebases|website=AutoChess|date=11 November 2012 }}</ref> In the position at right, White can try '''1. Nb6+''', hoping for 1...Kd8?? 2.Ne6#. Black can easily avoid this with, for example, '''1... Kc7'''. This possible checkmate is the basis of some problems (see below).
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