the bishop and knight checkmate is the checkmate of a lone king by an opposing king, bishop, and knight. With the stronger side to move, checkmate can...

checkmate with two bishops or with a bishop and knight occurs infrequently. The two-bishop checkmate is fairly easy to accomplish, but the bishop and...

h-file to achieve the position. A bishop can be used instead of a knight to the same effect (see Greco's mate). This checkmate gets its name from the novel...

endgame. Two bishops on opposite-colored squares and king can force checkmate against a lone king, whereas two knights cannot. A bishop and knight can force...

d4 cxd4 3.c3), and Wing Gambit (2.b4). Arabian mate A checkmate that occurs when the knight and rook trap the opposing king in a corner. arbiter An official...

can easily checkmate a lone king. king and rook against a king king and two bishops of opposite color against a king king, bishop, and knight against a...

be checkmated on the next move. Checkmate can be forced with a bishop and knight, however, or with two bishops, even though the bishop and knight are...

queen and both knights to chase the king to the edge of the board and create a mating net, where the pawn, rook and bishops deliver checkmate. "The Traxler...

Stein brought in Gary Washington (Knight One) and Black Thorn as Checkmate operatives, both of whom were his friends, and both of whom were introduced during...

bishops (on opposite-colored squares), or a bishop and a knight, a king and two knights cannot force checkmate against a lone king (however, the superior...

a pattern of development wherein a bishop is developed to the second rank of the adjacent b- or g-file, the knight pawn having been moved one or two squares...

won despite sacrificing a bishop (on move 11), both rooks (starting on move 18), and the queen (on move 22) to produce checkmate against Kieseritzky, who...

words for chess, check and checkmate in several languages. Several languages use the Arabic loanword alfil for the piece called bishop in English; in this...

a human opponent, as well as perform the knight's tour, a puzzle that requires the player to move a knight to occupy every square of a chessboard exactly...

into. If White plays poorly and leaves too many lines open against their king after 2.Kf2, they might be quickly checkmated. One example: 1.f3 d5 2.Kf2...

) without succumbing to a checkmate in two moves, 5...Nxe5 would win the white knight (for the pawn) and protect the bishop on g4. Instead, with 5.h3...

In chess, scholar's mate is the checkmate achieved by the following moves, or similar: 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6?? 4. Qxf7# The same mating pattern...

delays developing the knight to f6. The delay of ...Nf6 attacking White's pawn on e4 gives White the option of blunting the g7-bishop with c2–c3. There are...

White opens with 1.d4 and develops the dark-squared bishop to f4, then supports the d4-pawn with pawns on e3 and c3. The other bishop is developed to d3...

The Two Knights Defense (also called the Prussian Defense) is a chess opening that begins with the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 First recorded...

puzzles are not really puzzles at all. In the diagram, White is asked to checkmate Black in six moves. The joke in this case is that, by the rules of chess...

"develop knights before bishops", White leaves their f-pawn unblocked, preserving the possibility of f2–f4. The f2–f4 push gives the Bishop's Opening an...

compensated by Black's bishop pair and White's offside knight on a3. Also, Black has the plan of playing 10...f5, followed by ...fxe4 and ...f5 with the second...

Italian dish), is a chess opening variation of the Two Knights Defense in which White sacrifices a knight for an attack on Black's king. The opening begins...

exchange bishop for knight in order to enhance his control over the central light squares, and play on the queenside with moves such as a5–a4 and b6–b5....

common theme is that white ends up with just one knight in the finale, yet manages to win or draw. One Bishop Saves the Day: A World Champion's Favorite Studies...

of chess. It can be either white or black, and it can be one of six types: king, queen, rook, bishop, knight, or pawn. Chess sets generally come with sixteen...

pieces (almost always pawns) on its second rank. Bishop and knight checkmate – fundamental checkmate with a minimum amount of material. It is notoriously...

secure victory, giving up both rooks and a bishop, then his queen, and then checkmating his opponent with his three remaining minor pieces is considered...

queen's bishop. White can sacrifice the pawn with 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4 with Qb3 to follow, giving White some pressure against the weakened squares d5 and b7. Black...