Pawn Promotion to... Bishop?

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Ben_Dubuque

here it happened in a real game

 

not my game btw

trolley813

jetfighter13 wrote:

here it happened in a real game

 

not my game btw

I suspect that 75...h2:g1N does also win (the knight may go to b3 (Ng1-f3-d4-b3) and drive off the white king from a1)

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ilikewindmills
Somebody mated me with 4 bishops once, I guess it was just so they could say 'I mated someone with 4 bishops!'
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Solve this riddle?

solskytz

There's also this position, or one very similar to it...

Geometrist

Look at the position two diagrams above. The answer: 

robertjames_perez

twoknights vs a lone king is a mere draw,while a bishop and a knight is a hard mate but easy if you know the  technique.

solskytz

Not if the player with both knights is playing against King and pawn. If the pawn can be blockaded by a knight when it's far enough from the queening square, a win is possible. Just don't ask me how. 

robertjames_perez
robertjames_perez
This is easy.Just Criss-cross your bishops and then mate the king 
robertjames_perez

The  king is not in front of the pawn,so its a mere draw.

 

robertjames_perez
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solskytz

<RobertJames Perez> Starting from move 6 in the variation in your post there is a forced win for black. Check it in a good tablebase, you will see...

 

I went here - http://chessok.com/?page_id=361 - and this is what I got (I inverted the position):

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