Here we take a look at how to easily checkmate with only a bishop and a knight. Although this endgame is difficult at first, once the key concepts are learned it becomes quite easy.
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Chess Endgames- Bishop and Knight Part 1
Here we take a look at how to easily checkmate with only a bishop and a knight. Although this endgame is difficult at first, once the key concepts are learned it becomes quite easy.
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Broo i was in a game.. needed the answer quick. Wtf is this
nice song dude
great question, you will actually do the same thing just in a very slightly different move order. Just move Nb4 and then Kc5 instead of the reverse order if black plays to a4.
Your black moves toward the edge, how would you force him out of the middle?
If you need to force the black back you can put the bishop in front of the king, in between both kings and and knight next to your king. This should force the black king to move back and then you can get a better square with your king. The key is always getting better position with your king and using your other pieces to take away squares. You should be able to force the black king anywhere you want. Let me know if that makes sense.
It does thanks a lot
Yeah you are def right. This is rarely seen but still good to know. Like it or hate it, sometimes if I have like a bishop and pawn for king i will promote to bishop just to practice this. Glad you are enjoying the vids.
great question. first move Nb4. only move for black is a5. then Kc5. Black must now move to a4. Continue to bring your king down to c4. If black tries to go back to let's say a5 now you can bring you bishop to c7 and force him down the board as he can no longer retreat anymore. This variation is definitely a little trickier but you can still force them down the board. Hope this helps.
I did some tests with Rybka from one of your middle positions by pretty much just moving the Black king through the a7, a8 and b8 squares and it seemed pretty much impossible for Rybka to mate it.
consider yourself now smarter than Rybka 🙂
what should you do if he moves up to a6 at 9:33?
I have to ask the same question: what happens if the king at 9.33 goes back a6?
look two comments down and i go over it
look two comments down and i go over it
Then the end is same as in the second video.
Just found the process of bringing the king all way down the file not to work for me.
The most important part of the video is to know the king has to be mated on a square the color of the bishop, and the ending mating pattern is always the same.
What is not explained is HOW B + N work together.
The knight works way better on a square of the SAME COLOR as the bishop, creating all together a pushing wall of 4 squares.
Well placed in the middle of the board from the start the king can go around pushing this opposite king inside this wall already blocking the good corner.
Did a N + B Mate in 24 moves against the annoying engine from the chess website with my technique.
It's not about being good, it's about understanding how pieces work together.
I like this video. It looks like you are using Philador's W method. Would you be interested in posting the method of Deletang's triangles some time as well for the bishop-knight checkmate?
hurry up 🙁
@thechesswebsite where do you go over it?