Two Bishop Mate

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I am not against study of pawn endings: you should study them just like you should study KBN vs. K despite it not occuring frequently.
Chess Fundamentals by Capablanca treats rook endings, minor piece endings, queen endings, pawn endings, and the 5 basic checkmates, all in 60 pages only.
So in his expert opinion all of it is fundamental.

Umm, I guess it's techinically correct to describe pawn endings and KBN endings as "not occuring frequently." In the same sense that it's technically correct to say that Mets don't win very frequently, and neither does someone frequently pitch a perfect game.

Or to put that another way, I could easily play five or ten pawn endings in a month (and dozens of other games where either I or my opponent know enough about pawn endings to know we need to avoid going into to one). That's a rather different order of "infrequent" than KBN vs K, which I've never once had either side of in my whole life.

Wow thanks everyone! Yes, I know it is veery uncommon to see two bishops and a king vs a king but I just wanted to know this anyways just for fun and plus you never know!

Thank you everyone again!

“Just for fun” is a more than adequate reason. It’s not a job, after all.

it's difficult. i think the idea is to bring the king to a corner

Queen, Rook, and Two Bishops is all easy ?

Just keep taking space from the king, avoid a stalemate, get him into a corner, and the last moves are trivial.

Now Bishop and Knight, thats really hard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRK7XLhGz_c

@29

"Bishop and Knight, thats really hard"
++ KNN vs. KP is even harder.

I have practiced the two bishop mate and I have found out that it is actually very easy lol

Next goal: Bishop, Knight and King and vs King

Checking the enemy King randomly accomplishes nothing.

Use the two Bishops to confine the enemy King, not to check him.

Slowly edge him back into a corner. Bring up your King. THEN you can start checking him.

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The Two Bishop Mate actually became much more intuitive for me once I started visualizing it as a "shrinking box" technique. You're not trying to deliver random checks - you're methodically restricting the king's movement area.

Bishop and Knight mate is definitely the next logical challenge after mastering this one. The W-shaped maneuver required there is considerably trickier but builds on the same principle of restricting the king's movement square ( https://magic8ball-online.com ) by square. Good luck with your practice!

I agree with @blueemu - random checks are counterproductive when executing the Two Bishop Mate. It's all about creating a confined space for the enemy king, then gradually shrinking that space.

@AMZboiepic3356 Good choice targeting the Bishop+Knight mate next! That one requires much more precise coordination and a specific pattern to force the king to the correct corner. https://theyesnobutton.com/ The "W" maneuver is essential to learn for that one.

What I love about the Two Bishop Mate is how it demonstrates fundamental chess principles about controlling space. While it may not occur frequently in tournament play, mastering it develops intuition about how bishops work together - skills that transfer to middlegame positions.

@AMZboiepic3356 - Good progress! The Bishop+Knight mate you're targeting next is significantly more challenging and follows a completely different pattern. If you can master that one, you'll have developed remarkable endgame technique. The key is learning the "W" maneuver to force the king to the correct color corner. https://oraclecardsreader.com/ Good luck!

it’s so satisfying to see a king trapped in a corner with 2 bishops gunning him down, like torvill and dean turning ice into a glorious theatre.

Make a triangle with your bishops and slowly close in until you box him him with your king and mate him on the side of the boad