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Cardinal. Moves as bishop or as knight.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Blake wrote on Fri, Jul 25, 2003 07:00 PM EDT:Excellent ★★★★★
A Cardinal (or as I prefer, Paladin) can mate by itself, although it is not
a force mate.

 _________________
|    |     |      |
| K  |     |      |
|____|_____|______|
|    |     |      |
|    |     |      |
|____|_____|______|
|    |     |      |
|    |     |  P   |
|____|_____|______|

P stands for Paladin, K for King, and they are (obviously) opposing
pieces.  If you can get the enemy king into the corner, this is a mate.