It really depends on the situation. It is easier to checkmate with a king and a rock than with a king and two bishops, however.
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1 bishop goes on black square and 1 on white, so you can check them to the corner and then bring in your king to finish of.
not true
you have to move your king more than the bishops. the bishops push the king to the corner.
nice point
true
In the middlegame, two bishops are often better than even R+N, provided the position is relatively open and you can attack. (I'm not making this up, I read this from Yusupov I think).
Also, it is just about automatic to checkmate with two bishops. It is tricky to do it with a knight and a bishop, I learned to do it twice already but I always forget (because it never comes up). Actually I saw a game between 2700+ grandmasters where the losing side let their opponent play it out until mate in 3 or 4 was elementary. You would never see that with K+2B v K.
good suggeestion
ajedrecito wrote:
gwnn you may be referring to a Ponomariov-Nakamura game from the recent match with the KBN vs K thing!
Two bishops are much better than a rook in 90% of situations.
No, it was in the European Championships in April. I might be able to find it, but it's not important.
In the Ponomariov game I think he resigned immediately.
id take the bishops.
i think i would too
I tried which would mate faster and the rooks won!. But i would still choose bishops
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thanks for the tip
yeah ummmm.......they have to be on a different colour.Unless your thinking about transfer chess
yeah i guess.But why you would choose a Bishop I have no idea.
They COULD be on the same color, of course, as it could have been a pawn that was promoted into a bishop....
Sam, I believe if you take the time to study the mechanics of a K+2B ending, you will see that once a couple of key concepts are firmly established, the mate is very straightforward. I like to familiarize myself with minor piece endgames because if my opponent exchanges off the heavy pieces and leaves me with 2 Bishops, i want to know that I can mate effectively with them as i could a lone Rook. For that reason, I am going to set up a position that emphasizes using the 2 Bishops to mate with some comments provided. Learning these "lesser" mates will only strengthen your endgame play.
are two bishops better than a castle? I know two bishops would equal six points and a rook is only 5 points. But I find it easier to checkmate with a king and a rook then a king and two bishops?