what is a better endgame a knight and a bishop or a rook?

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joshforthewin

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tygxc

KBN vs. KR generally is a draw except when one side imminently loses material.
With pawns on both sides it is more complicated. If there is an opposing pawn on the color of the bishop, then B+N can attack that pawn twice, while the rook can only defend it once.

joshforthewin

what about this postion

joshforthewin

black to move

tygxc

With black to move it is a draw e.g. ...Bg8;
with white to move it is a win because of imminent loss of material Re7+.

LordHunkyhair3

A rook every time

LordHunkyhair3

Im pretty sure it's a draw if there's just a knight or a bishop left, while you can produce checkmate with a single rook and the king

joshforthewin
LordHunkyhair3 wrote:

Im pretty sure it's a draw if there's just a knight or a bishop left, while you can produce checkmate with a single rook and the king

You can actuaaly do checkmate with a knight and bishop it is just rly hard

JayThe10th

yeah ive learnt how to, but its immensly difficult

LordHunkyhair3

Ok, just tried it out

LordHunkyhair3

It worked

tygxc

This position is a win for white

joshforthewin

because bxc4+?

tygxc

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Yes, or Nxc4. White attacks pawn c4 3 times and black can only defend 2 times.