Bishop and knight mate

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← endgamesFind the plan — Bishop and knight mate0 moves

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Bishop and knight mate · KBN v K

Mate the bare king

The tablebase defends as long as it can. A slower mate still counts; a move that lets the win slip — or leaves it too slow for the fifty-move rule — is taken back.

AdvancedWhite · Win0 solved0 clean

The idea

Find the plan yourself first — the idea shows after a miss, or when you ask.

It ends at mate. A clean run has no move marked wrong and none shown.

White to move. Every move is checked against the tablebase.