Knight and Bishop Checkmate | Chess Endgames

I played with 2400 elo rated SOS 5.1 for arena but it couldn't checkmate me with bishop & knight in 40 mins in 50 moves,I wonder how u claim that knight bishop checkmates are possible!

Maybe better to offer a draw, get some beers with your opponent and make a new friend 😂

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If anyone still finds this tricky, I suggest they look up chessbrah's GM Aman Hambleton teaching the Knight and Bishop Checkmate.

There's only one two patterns you need to remember - the W pattern described in this video, and the L shape formed by the King, Knight and Bishop (that Aman shows in that video). The L shape simplifies this a lot, and can make the process feel as automatic as delivering a rook or queen checkmate.

This is just great. I've struggled so much to learn this from other videos or the Lichess trainer with no success and you've just taught me how to do it reasonably well in half an hour.

This is the one that really made it click for me - I've watched a bunch of these videos but now after watching this 3 times I've finally got my first Knight + Bishop checkmates. Thank you!

Far out! Great job explaining this tough sequence. Thank you.

I love your content and your contagious love for the game, Stjepan. I’m a fellow adult improver, having become fairly serious about my improvement roughly 2 years ago, and my long term goal is to reach FM level. Your content has been tremendously inspiring and helpful. Wishing you all the best with your road to GM, from sunny South Africa :)

Wow this was awesome

Thankyou ❤️ ♟️♟️♟️♟️ Stejpan

White Pieces: King E6, Knight E5, Bishop H7. Black King C7.
1) Knight to D7 followed by Black King to B7.
What do I do after?

Your explanation is BRILLIANT. I have looked for a good video on the topic but couldn't find one. Found yours and now I can mate in 32;) Thank you!

Thank you yet again Stjepan! No video I could find explained it as clearly as you

i finally managed to mate with bishop and knight. in my opinion this is the best video i could find, explaining what the crucial points are(especially all the waiting moves at the right time!) thank you very much!

I tried playing a random position against stockfish 8 and by using your teaching i beat it in 29 moves thank you so much

Most elegant chess thumbnail I've seen and amazing content as well

Your initial position is not the "worst" position for white because the black king is in the corner. The "mating net" only begins once the black king has been forced to the edge/corner of the board. If the king runs directly to the corner that is not commanded by the bishop, that actually makes white's job easier because the "mating net" starts there. Black's plan should be to fight to stay in the MIDDLE of the board as long as possible and force white to waste as many moves as possible trying to figure out how to force the king to the edge/corner. Black should never voluntarily go to the edge unless forced to do so.

Knowing the "w method" doesn't help unless you can first force the black king to the edge of the board. And, even then, white needs to have his bishop and knight on very specific squares to begin the "w method."

Here is my challenge to those who have navigated to this site with the intent of learning this mate. Once you are confident you understand the "w method", set up a board and place the black king in one of the center four squares. Put all three white pieces on the side of the board. That's the worst position! Have a chess engine play for black. You will notice that the engine will fight to stay in the center. You will also notice that you're going to be frustrated in trying to force the king to the edge of the board. The chess engine isn't going to make a beeline for the wrong-colored corner. It's going to make you force it there.

This is beautiful.

Brilliant Video. I was able to successfully execute the mate against the computer on my second try after watching the video. Haven't seen anyone explain it better. I am glad to have found this channel.

The trouble you had was not necessary! When you have the Black King on the edge in opposition, with yedgeKnight as the sandwich filling, then start the 'W' manoeuvres. You started brilliantly, but then forgot to start the 'W' when you got opposition position near the corner.

There is a triangular method also which I should love to learn too.

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Very good video! The only one that helped me master this checkmate

dude you deserve GM title for those very helpful lessons

Thank you for this. I am getting back into chess after many years and your content is very helpful

I made it work once, but my brain is now twisted beyond repair.

Why is nobody correcting him??? Everyone saying that it helped so much but he gave the ring moves! Either you guys are just stupid and acting like you really know, or you guys are so good that in spite of him not giving the right moves you knew the actual right moves. Common!!! Don't be nice just to be nice!

I learned a different way to do this mate but it’s a very similar start with an alternative finish. But the point is, I finally understand how to use these pieces together and I wouldn’t have ever thought to learn this if you didn’t put it in your series.

I have always struggled in the end game and I am really looking forward to the rest of this series!

But at 12.06: If the king goes to c6 and you check it with the bishop from e4, won't it be able to escape to b5? Btw Stockfish says to put the bishop on d3 instead, restraining and not checking. Thanks for these marvellous videos btw. I'm a huge fan. You're making alot of chess theory easily available and understandable. It's a huge help.

I am great fan of your videos but this one not working for me as opponent King escapes from C7 square .

Thank you for the amazing lessons. But…Please improve your audio quality.

You don’t understand this mate well enough to be making a video on it

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Bro is totally cheating by putting his hands over the eyes. 😂 Can't help myself, I had to tease you. LOL. Good content ❤ Subscribed!

You added so many extra waiting moves by not moving the king into opposition.

Ehhh ohhh chess is really hectic

thanks for this video, i ve always struggled to checkmate with knight and bishop but after your video i managed it to checkmate the engine in 31 moves FIRST TRY!!!

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I mostly use the three rooks endgame so that if the king trys to escape I use me rook

Key square is correct
And for a pown in 5th rank there is 6 key square too❤

you can go bb7 and let the pony mate