Can you mate with Queen and Bishop versus King?

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Yes. King. And rectangle.

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I could only think @Zunayed_781038 was alluding to the lack of a White king in my previous diagram (which was deliberate). Perhaps he could explain; but in words of not too many syllables for @KieferSmith's benefit.

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A bishop mate with queen assisting.

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Here's another way to do a queen+bishop mate

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But you can't force that mate with the material OP specifies.

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RubenHogenhout wrote:

Bye the way you can checkmate a black king thats in the center of the board in only 5 moves with a Queen and a King. Like this.

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Not always. Try mating in 5 from here:

 
 

And you should be able to make it in 4 from here

 
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MARattigan wrote:

But you can't force that mate with the material OP specifies.

Of couse not. But it's something to keep an eye out for.

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If you have any difficulty, you can always study how the grandmasters do it.

 
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Just got a checkmate with the queen and bishop which was satisfying

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KieferSmith wrote:
MARattigan wrote:

But you can't force that mate with the material OP specifies.

Of couse not. But it's something to keep an eye out for.

Don't know what I was thinking about when I wrote that. The position could easily be a forced mate.