06 Nov '05 14:52>
I haven’t found any online resource which spells out the ideas behind this mating pattern, so I have chosen to do so myself, after playing my engine in this endgame about 100 times in the past couple of weeks. I haven’t read about this mate anywhere, so I welcome any constructive criticism which betters this tutorial. I may not explained some parts as well as could be explained, so I’d appreciate any revisions that people would like to contribute.
Once you get to the B + N + K v K endgame, the starting positions of the pieces is irrelevant.
This mating pattern can be broken down into 3 phases:
1) Getting the enemy king to one of the edges
2) Forcing the king along the edge and into the corner with the same coloured square as your bishop, ie: if you have the light bishop, you need to move the enemy king towards a light squared corner.
3) Completing the checkmate.
TBC...
D
Once you get to the B + N + K v K endgame, the starting positions of the pieces is irrelevant.
This mating pattern can be broken down into 3 phases:
1) Getting the enemy king to one of the edges
2) Forcing the king along the edge and into the corner with the same coloured square as your bishop, ie: if you have the light bishop, you need to move the enemy king towards a light squared corner.
3) Completing the checkmate.
TBC...
D