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Bishop and Knight Mate
The trickiest of the basic checkmates: king, bishop and knight against a lone king. The king must be driven into a corner that matches the bishop's colour, then mated there with the knight's help.
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How it's played
1.Kd1 Kd6 2.Bf4+ Kd7 3.Ne3 Kc8 4.Kd2 Kd8 5.Kd3 Kd7 6.Kd4 Ke6 7.Bg3 Kd7 8.Kc5 Ke8 9.Kd6 Kd8 10.Nf5 Kc8 11.Kc6 Kd8 12.Bc7+ Ke8 13.Kd6 Kf7 14.Ng3 Kg6 15.Bd8 Kf7 16.Bh4 Ke8 17.Ke6 Kf8 18.Nf5 Kg8 19.Be7 Kh8 20.Kf6 Kg8 21.Kg6 Kh8 22.Bb4 Kg8 23.Nh6+ Kh8 24.Bc3#
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Bishop and Knight Mate
1.Ke2 Ke7 2.Ke3 Kf7 3.Ke4 Ke6 4.Nd2 Kd6 5.Nc4+ Kc6 6.Ne5+ Kb7 7.Kd5 Ka6 8.Kc5 Kb7 9.Nc4 Ka6 10.Bf2 Kb7 11.Kb5 Kc7 12.Bc5 Kb7 13.Bb6 Ka8 14.Nd6 Kb8 15.Bg1 Ka8 16.Kb6 Kb8 17.Nc4 Kc8 18.Bh2 Kd8 19.Kc6 Ke7 20.Ne3 Ke6 21.Bd6 Kf7 22.Kd7 Kf6 23.Bg3 Kg5 24.Ke6 Kh6 25.Bh4 Kg6 26.Bf6 Kh6 27.Ng2 Kh5 28.Kf5 Kh6 29.Nf4 Kh7 30.Ke6 Kg8 31.Ke7 Kh7 32.Kf7 Kh6 33.Be7 Kh7 34.Bg5 Kh8 35.Ng6+ Kh7 36.Nf8+ Kh8 37.Bf6#
Bishop and Knight Mate
1.Kd1 Kd6 2.Bf4+ Kc6 3.Nd2 Kb5 4.Ke2 Kc6 5.Kd3 Kc5 6.Nb3+ Kb4 7.Nd4 Kc5 8.Bh2 Kd5 9.Nb3 Kc6 10.Kc4 Kb6 11.Nd4 Ka6 12.Kc5 Ka5 13.Bd6 Ka6 14.Nb5 Kb7 15.Nc7 Kb8 16.Kc6 Ka7 17.Bf4 Kb8 18.Kb6 Kc8 19.Nd5 Kd7 20.Ne3 Kd8 21.Kc6 Ke7 22.Kc7 Ke6 23.Kd8 Kf7 24.Kd7 Kg6 25.Bg3 Kh5 26.Kd6 Kg5 27.Ke6 Kh6 28.Kf6 Kh5 29.Kf5 Kh6 30.Be5 Kh7 31.Bf6 Kg8 32.Ke6 Kf8 33.Nf5 Ke8 34.Bh4 Kf8 35.Be7+ Kg8 36.Kf6 Kh7 37.Kf7 Kh8 38.Kg6 Kg8 39.Nh6+ Kh8 40.Bf6#
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