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1 The Basic Mates
You must of course have leamed to mate with
queen or rook in one of your first chess lessons,
so you might want to skip the first two sections
of this chapter, but you might be able to mate
more quickly if you study them.
The most important mate here is the one with
knight and bishop, which might be unsolvable
with limited time and knowledge (even grand-
masters have failed in over-the-board situa
tions). In this chapter we cons
1.1: King and Queen vs King 16
1.2: King and Rook vs King 16
1.3: King and Two Bishops vs King 17
1.4: King, BishopandKnightvsKing 17
1.5: King and Two Knights vs
King and Pawn 19
1.1 King and Queen vs King
ds
1 Was
At first the black king is cut off along the Sth
rank
1.846 2 bed
Then White’s king approaches his enemy
‘counterpart.
2...4e6 3 dd3 td6 4 ted eb
Now as the white king has arrived, Black's
king is driven further back. 4...0¢c6 5 e5 &d7
6 Wo6 dick 7 Wa7 (and not 7 $67” stalemate)
7.508 8 a6 Ge 9 Het.
sWh6+
5 Wd8 is one move faster: 5...