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Beginner Chess Endgame: Checkmate with a Bishop and a Knight
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11 hrs ago
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#6
I actually had this in a game about a rapid week ago. My opponent has the knight and bishop but only like 30 seconds so I thought no way they get the checkmate but they ended up getting it.
11 hrs ago
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kingk410 wrote:
I actually had this in a game about a rapid week ago. My opponent has the knight and bishop but only like 30 seconds so I thought no way they get the checkmate but they ended up getting it.
Wow, he was good then! That's why it's really useful to learn these kind of things. 
3 hrs ago
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#10
kingk410 wrote:
I actually had this in a game about a rapid week ago. My opponent has the knight and bishop but only like 30 seconds so I thought no way they get the checkmate but they ended up getting it.
I'm impressed. I think I've played around 15,000 games of chess in my life, and I've never once had either side of this endgame.
Which leads me to think it would be a better use of my time to study, say, rook endings, or opening prep, rather than this. Sure, maybe it would come in handy sometime around game #25,000 -- but by then I'd have forgotten what I'm supposed to do anyway...
Wekl, this endgame is rare, but I think a benefit one can get by studying it is experience with and/or knowhow on working with a combination of a bishop and a knight. And that might come in handy in various parts of the game.
Bishop + knight is extremely far away from being a beginner endgame. A true beginner's head would explode if he tries to learn this.
25 min ago
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#13
I agree with magipi. Bishop/Knight and Bishop/Bishop checkmates are good to know for intermediates and advanced players, but will someone under 1000 elo ever reach this position? I doubt it. If a person is in this elo range, they need to focus on sticking to good basic principles and not hanging their pieces.
Very good instruction though from OP. I just disagree on the skill level it's being suggested to.
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