Mate with Knight and Bishop

I did it for the first time! It wasn't nearly as hard as everyone says it is. The trickiest part I think is knowing when to make a waiting move.

It also helps to get your opponent's king in the right corner. But if you are lucky, you can do it without actually trying. You've got a 50-50 chance even if you don't know what you are doing.

You may want to post the game. The only checkmate you have in the last 19 months of game history involves a knight and bishop, but also a rook. 😕

I also just watched a youtube video afterwards that made the process even simpler, more systematic. The 3 triangle method.

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Originally posted by MontyMoose
You may want to post the game. The only checkmate you have in the last 19 months of game history involves a knight and bishop, but also a rook. 😕

I farted.

Last time I mated with a Knight and Bishop we video taped it.

Now I black mail them. 😏

Originally posted by Wulebgr
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Never had to do it in OTB play - even at blitz.

Mind you the chances of me going into an ending two pieces up are very very slim.

Seen it cocked up OTB a few times - worth knowing, my be a piece of
chess technique you will only use once in a lifetime.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Never had to do it in OTB play - even at blitz.

Mind you the chances of me going into an ending two pieces up are very very slim.

Seen it cocked up OTB a few times - worth knowing, my be a piece of
chess technique you will only use once in a lifetime.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Never had to do it in OTB play - even at blitz.

Mind you the chances of me going into an ending two pieces up are very very slim.

Seen it cocked up OTB a few times - worth knowing, my be a piece of
chess technique you will only use once in a lifetime.

I've had it twice, once on here, and won both. It takes a good amount of training vs a computer to get the form down.

I didn't have the nerves for that. 😛 Damn Silman end his endgame book. "You will probably never have to play BN mate, so there is no point in learning it, blah, blah"

I learned a few key positions from Pandolfini's Endgame Course.

Silman says you may never have this endgame. I've had the losing side eight times. In those eight, I've drawn seven--two stalemates, four because my opponent ran out of time, and one beacuse I captured the knight. In one game, I resigned after my opponent promoted his last pawn to the second minor piece. I guess I was convinced that he would be able to finish.

I've had the winning side three times. I won on time once, lost the knight once, and ran out of time once (two failures).

That's eleven games in actual play, with only two wins for the side that should have won.

Then, there's this position in a game against Hans (Chessmaster X):



I did not move the pawn, but mated with the knight and bishop for fun and training.