Bishop and knight checkmate

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This endgame is known as bishop and knight checkmate. While not the most common checkmate, it can be forced from almost any starting position in a maximum of 33 moves.

Strategy:

1.Force the king to the edge

Use your king, bishop and knight to force the opponents king towards the edge of the board giving it only limited space to move

2.Force the king to the edge:

Continue restricting the king from each square, guiding it from the edge to the corner(The corner must be the color your bishops on.).

3.Checkmate in the corner:

The knight and bishop work together to make a "cage" around the king while your king restricts it's escape squares, leading to checkmate

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