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ccall
hello
to whoom this may concern
My name is ccall and I have a end game question - if it is a stupid question forgive me as I am intermediate player here goes
If a player has a queen and the other player has a bishop, all other pawns and pieces are gone for both sides, can the queen mate against the bishop?
can the queen mate
DementedLogician
yes. people say it's harder than queen vs. knight, but personally i think it is easier.
thanks
jetfighter13
no, because there are no kings
ivandh
Don't be silly. The queen cannot mate the bishop because he's a man of the cloth.
well thats obvi Ivandh, unless you listen to the creepy priests in california and the middle ages(pedofiles and the middleages people had children)
ortodata
sapientdust
I love how the queen and king approach so nonchalantly, hardly slowed down at all by the presence of the bishop. K+Q vs K+B is a very classy mate.
royalbishop
Obvious which one gets my vote!
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