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This is not a difficult mate, but has lots of opportunity for mistakes.
- Use your Bishops and King to hold the opposing King back. To do
this, think of your King as having a 3-square bulldozer and your
Bishops as moving walls. One Bishop and the King will hold the
line.
- Use your second Bishop to herd the opposing King towards an edge.
The herding action alternates between both Bishops and takes some
time.
- When the opposing King is on the back row, the herding action will
result in Mate.
Above is an example of play showing all of the steps below.
Set up the example as follows:
White King on e1, Bishops on c1 and f1, Black King on e8.
White to move.
White | Black | Comment on white's move: |
| 1. Ke2 | Kd7 | |
| 2. Kd3 | Ke6 | White keeping black in opposition. |
| 3. Ke4 | Kd6 | |
| 4. Be3 | Ke6 | White establishes his first wall. |
| 5. Bc4+ | Kd6 | White checks so that wherever black goes
he can't go back. This is a herding action. |
| 6. Bd5 | Ke7 | White uses a push back opportunity. |
| 7. Ke5 | Kd7 | White's King holds the line. |
| 8. Bc5 | Kc7 | Herding. |
| 9. Ke6 | Kd8 | White using another push back opportunity. |
| 10. Bb6+ | Ke8 | Holding the line. |
| 11. Bc6+ | Kf8 | Herding. |
| 12. Kf6 | Kg8 | |
| 13. Kg6 | Kf8 | Gotcha! |
| 14. Bc5+ | Kg8 | The Arrest. |
| 15. Bd5+ | Kh8 | |
| 16. Bd4++ | | Mate. |
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