Endgame Strategy I Bishop vs Knight I #2

Welcome back chess friends, today we talk about the Bishop vs Knight Endgame. I show you how to win !

In this endgame, the knight is usually stronger than the bishop. A knight can jump from one color to the other in one move and thus attack the bishop's position. The bishop, on the other hand, is limited by its diagonal movement and cannot attack the knight as easily.

An important note is that it is difficult to crush the opponent's king and checkmate when you only have one knight. However, the bishop has a chance to crush the king if it is pushed into the corner of the chessboard.

One of the best strategies for the player with the knight is to prevent the bishop from having effective diagonals or blocking the diagonals. The knight can use his L shape to stay in position and prevent the bishop from moving freely.

On the other hand, the player with the bishop must try to create open diagonals to threaten the knight and create space for movement. If the bishop manages to restrict the knight, he can drive the king to the edge of the board and potentially checkmate.

It's important to be patient and use tactical opportunities to gain advantages. This endgame often requires a lot of calculation and tactical understanding to outwit the opponent.

Overall, the Knight vs. Bishop endgame is a strategically challenging endgame that involves understanding the strengths and weaknesses of the two pieces and using them tactically to defeat the opponent.

Example 1:

Always create an unbalance pawn structure, that allows to create a pass pawn. The c2 pawn can become a pass pawn.

Example 2:

This is not an unbalance pawn structure, so we need to create one.

Here Steinitz trys to create an unbalance pawn structure to create a pass pawn on the f file.

You need to exchange pieces in a way like this to win the pawn fight and walking through.