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Can you mate with Queen and Bishop versus King?

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Zunayed_781038

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KieferSmith

Yes. King. And rectangle.

MARattigan

I could only think @Zunayed_781038 was alluding to the lack of a White king in my previous diagram (which was deliberate). Perhaps he could explain; but in words of not too many syllables for @KieferSmith's benefit.

Zunayed_781038

Bhupendra jogi

tranphungochai69
tranphungochai69

A bishop mate with queen assisting.

KieferSmith

Here's another way to do a queen+bishop mate

MARattigan

But you can't force that mate with the material OP specifies.

MARattigan
RubenHogenhout wrote:

Bye the way you can checkmate a black king thats in the center of the board in only 5 moves with a Queen and a King. Like this.

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Not always. Try mating in 5 from here:

 
 

And you should be able to make it in 4 from here

 
Black to play
KieferSmith
MARattigan wrote:

But you can't force that mate with the material OP specifies.

Of couse not. But it's something to keep an eye out for.

MARattigan

If you have any difficulty, you can always study how the grandmasters do it.

 
Zunayed_781038
MARattigan wrote:

If you have any difficulty, you can always study how the grandmasters do it.

 

😂😂😂

haveyouseencyan

Just got a checkmate with the queen and bishop which was satisfying

MARattigan
KieferSmith wrote:
MARattigan wrote:

But you can't force that mate with the material OP specifies.

Of couse not. But it's something to keep an eye out for.

Don't know what I was thinking about when I wrote that. The position could easily be a forced mate.