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    This document provides instructions for checkmating an opponent's king using two bishops. It explains that controlling diagonal lines of attack is key to cutting off the king and pushing it to the edge of the board where it can be mated. The document walks through several example positions, showing the moves needed by the white pieces to achieve this bishop and king mate pattern. It encourages learning more checkmate patterns through the Chess Trainer app and newsletter.

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    This document provides instructions for checkmating an opponent's king using two bishops. It explains that controlling diagonal lines of attack is key to cutting off the king and pushing it to the edge of the board where it can be mated. The document walks through several example positions, showing the moves needed by the white pieces to achieve this bishop and king mate pattern. It encourages learning more checkmate patterns through the Chess Trainer app and newsletter.

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    This document provides instructions for checkmating an opponent's king using two bishops. It explains that controlling diagonal lines of attack is key to cutting off the king and pushing it to the edge of the board where it can be mated. The document walks through several example positions, showing the moves needed by the white pieces to achieve this bishop and king mate pattern. It encourages learning more checkmate patterns through the Chess Trainer app and newsletter.

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    This document provides instructions for checkmating an opponent's king using two bishops. It explains that controlling diagonal lines of attack is key to cutting off the king and pushing it to the edge of the board where it can be mated. The document walks through several example positions, showing the moves needed by the white pieces to achieve this bishop and king mate pattern. It encourages learning more checkmate patterns through the Chess Trainer app and newsletter.

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    Mate with 2 Bishops

    This lesson is featured inside the Light pieces mating patterns on Chess Trainer, an iPhone application
    helping you to improve your Chess. It teaches the mating technique with a King and 2 Bishops VS King. It
    can be mastered within 15 minutes or so.
    Many other lessons are also available on the Chess Trainer blog, so please have a look and check
    by yourself !
    Feel free to share this lesson with anyone and be sure not to miss any exclusive lesson by subscribing to
    the Chess Trainer Newsletter !
    I picked a random position here:

    White to play. The idea is to control 2 adjacent diagonals to cut the enemy king off. You then use your
    king to push the enemy King on the edge of the board.

    In the above position, white needs to control the g1-a7 diagonal to build a wall that blocks blacks king.
    1.Be3
    Played to hinde black from playing Kd4 nad also controls the g1-a7 diagonal.
    1 Kd6

    White now needs to bring his king closer to the enemy king. All of whites pieces are needed to achieve
    this mate.
    2. Kc2 Kc7 3. Be4 Kd7

    Best here is to bring the king closer.


    4. Kd3 Kd6
    What is your move here (solution on next page) ?

    Solution:
    1. Bf4+ Kc5

    The d4, d5 and d6 squares are all controlled, creating a wall that blocks the black king. Now white must
    bring the enemy king on the edge of the board.
    6. Kc3 Kb5

    This mating technique is all about square control. Here by playing Be3, white controls c5 and b6 to force
    the black king to go to the edge of the board.
    7. Be3 Ka6

    As you can see, black only has 2 available squares: a5 and b5. The bishops are both depriving the king
    from escaping. With all this in mind, whites next move is quite obvious. What is this move (solution on
    next page) ?

    The answer is 8. Kc4 !

    Every square but one around blacks king are under whites control. Blacks king is now stuck on the
    edge of the board.
    8 Ka5 9. Bb7

    Bb7 deprives blacks king from the a6 square.


    9 Ka4

    Now what is your move, following the same logic ?

    Solution:
    10. Bb6
    It is now the dark square bishop that deprives black of a square:

    10 Ka3

    White now needs to control the b2 square.


    11. Kc3

    Black has only two moves: Ka2 and Ka4. Both lead to mate.
    11 Ka4

    Whites task is to contrl a4 and a3 to force the black king into the corner with only a1 and a2 as available
    squares.
    12. Bc6+ Ka3 13. Bc5+ Ka2

    In this position it is mate in 4. White needs to move his king on b3 and then the bishops will deliver the
    mate.
    14. Kc2 Ka1

    Be careful here ! Bd5 would be a draw. White needs to lose a tempo in order to achieve mate.
    15. Ba4 Ka2

    This position is an easy mate in two (solution on the next page).

    Solution:
    16. Bb3+

    Now the mate is easy:


    15 Ka1 16. Bd4#

    On move 11, Black could have played Ka2. Lets see how white should have played in this case.
    12. Be3 Ka3 13. Bc6 Ka2

    Now White plays Kc2 and delivers mate in few moves.


    14. Kc2 Ka3 15. Bc5+ Ka2 16. Bd5+ Ka1 17. Bd4#
    As you can see, mating a lone king with 2 bishops is not too difficult. Find how to checkmate with the
    knight and the bishop in the light pieces mating patternslesson available on Chess Trainer .
    Please have a look at the app for more lessons every topic, and dont forget to suscribe to the Chess
    Trainer Newsletter to receive more lessons by email !

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