Can You Mate With Bishop & Knight?
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#23
Recently I had a game where I got knight and bishop against the king but opponent’s time finished at 3rd move as soon as got such setup.
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#24
TaterBoy37 wrote:
I’m literally in this situation right now in a daily game. What should I do?
I was actually shocked when I read this because it's so rare.
Knowing my luck I will get it tomorrow now that I have decided not to learn it! 😂
TaterBoy37 wrote:
I’m literally in this situation right now in a daily game. What should I do?
What you should do is play the game yourself. Asking other people for help during a daily game is cheating.
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#26
If this game is important for you: go to YouTube, spend 1-2 hours learning the technic. And try to repeat this technic in your daily game.
If it is still in print Ludek Pachmann describes the process in his book series. The title eludes me though it was a three book set that later was grouped into one book
Your description of the process on this thread is really thorough. I think anybody reading that and watching some Youtube videos could perform the mate after some practice. The trouble is when you read about strong players needing to practice it every week. Playing through a 33 move checkmate every single week to retain the skill to perform a mate you might never ever see. I think it starts looking like a party trick. Caruana said the curious thing (one of them 😂) about Lawrence Trent was that he could perform this mate with lightning speed, much faster than Caruana could. I can imagine him showing it off at parties but never getting it in a game! 😂