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Blacky66
i like it
jamessaul
I did it but you know where's my parade.
deepak21071974
Thats like a puzzle.........
Goooood:)
joemarpb
nice
xray
nice and interesting....good lesson
haas321
good puzzle alot of sacrificing for something greater :-)
dilbar785
excellent entertainment,,,,,,,,,,, i like it
Salient24
Brilliant.
gburow
Very smart....
sriram0707
Is it possible to force a check mate on a open board with a bishop and a knight? In this puzzle black could take one bishop and then sacrifice the rook for the queening pawn. I am not sure if white can force a win at that point.
jerry2468
Can't you just go B+N vs K?
megjjj
nice one
trollerderby
Kxe5 is not right
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Black drops his rook if he takes the pawn, plus the diagonal barrier is set and the knight free to roam.
Kxe5 is correct. If Kxg6 then Bc2+ and white takes the rook. If the King takes no pieces, then it's impossible to prevent the pawn from queening and black ends up against a queen and two other pieces.
mantelo17
i never would take the Bb3 with the Rb8 ... because it´s difficult to mate with bishop and knight ..
I agree. I would say it is imposible to mate with bishop and knight.
Black should have waited for the pawn and exchange it. Forcing a draw
mb68
Pretty straightforward, not many options to choose from
Sourjya
very clever sacrifices..!
vlandr4
A difficult one (at least for me)
jlueke
Mating with a bishop and knight is a well known endgame. It is possible though not intuitive, it's something you have to learn
creative_artist
it was really a nice plan .it contains planning as well as stratgedy
nase
Guys, Stop spamming nonsense.
Knight and bishops is a certain mate. And you could have known this if took the time to simply google it.
Anyway, Genius puzzle if you ask me.
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