Basic Endgame Strategy

Other “Basic” Mates

There are a couple of other so-called “basic” mates: King & Two Bishops v. King and King & Bishop & Knight v. King. However, these mates aren’t as easy to perform, and very rarely occur, so we won’t go over them until a later, more advanced endgame lesson. In fact, they're only called "basic mates" in the sense that they represent the remaining combinations of minimum material required to force mate against a lone King (e.g., you can't force mate against a lone King with just a King and a Bishop). I only mention them now for the sake of completeness.

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