Chapter 25: Queen and Bishop Mate
I am reading How to Beat Your Dad at Chess by Murray Chandler. I am blogging to create supporting puzzles in studying the content.
A queen and a bishop in consort are a powerful attacking pair. I have felt their lethality in my hands, and been taken out by the same. With 
on h8, 
on the h-file, and 
on h7, a move from can
unveil a discovered check from . Retreating the gives the discovered check, and often checkmate.
107) Any retreat follows the basic pattern.
108) Here, there is only square proper for 
to retreat to.
to retreat to.
109) is worth the price to get to to the lethal pattern.
is worth the price to get to to the lethal pattern.
110) Black can defend with foresight. properly placed will blunt White's discovered check.
properly placed will blunt White's discovered check.
