Jun-14-04
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| Sneaky: One cool thing about the Endgame Explorer is that you can look up elementary mates like this two-bishop mate. The two bishop mate is so easy I feel that if I ever am called upon to execute it, I'll figure it out over the board. No need to practice your technique for hours on this one. Still, it helps to see it done once or twice. |
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Jun-14-04
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| iron maiden: Do they have any King + Bishop + Knight mates? I've never actually seen that done before. |
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Jun-14-04
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| Sneaky: Sure, there's a bunch of them. A lot of them just end up in a resignation after a few moves (these GM's seem to be pretty confident that their opponents can pull it off), but some play out to the bitter end, or close to it. Here's a few
Baburin vs G Shahade, 2001
Miles vs Sturua, 1993
A Potapov vs Movsesian, 1995 |
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Jun-27-04
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| kevin86: White had to work hard to reach the bishops mate;namely,he had to blunder away two pieces. The mating combination is very simple-so much so,that players resign when they see it coming. Its cousin,the bishop and knight mate,is so much harder that players will try to stick it out. The proof is that there are far more examples in this database. |
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| Jan-17-06 |
| Jim Bartle: Solleveld wasn't sure a 2650-rated GM could mate with two bishops against a lone king? Queen vs. rook I can see, bishop and knight definitely, but two bishops? |
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Jun-12-08
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| stardust762: Maarten Solleveld x Mate Solved |
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| Jun-12-08 |
| mezzieh: Gosh, how did he blew it? I thought it was drawn without too much trouble. Imprisoning own Knight at g7 in position with two Black Bishops is often disastrous. Maybe White was exhausted with the defense? I see no better explanation. |
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| Jan-17-09 |
| WhiteRook48: why did White play on until checkmate? |
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| Feb-28-09 |
| WhiteRook48: this is crazy! |
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