{"id":1530,"date":"1996-09-28T18:16:14","date_gmt":"1996-09-28T17:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devonjuniorchess.co.uk\/wp\/drdaveexeter\/?p=1530"},"modified":"2026-10-15T21:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T20:56:15","slug":"mate-with-the-two-bishops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devonjuniorchess.co.uk\/wp\/drdaveexeter\/1996\/09\/28\/mate-with-the-two-bishops\/","title":{"rendered":"Mate with the two Bishops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is worth a go once you have completed all the other elements of the One-Minute Endgame Challenge. It doesn&#8217;t turn up very often, but Capablanca thought it worth practising, to get a feel for the power of the Bishop pair, and how they work together.<\/p>\n<p>The technique is as you might expect: herd the defending King to the side, then towards a corner, and then rearrange the pieces to deliver checkmate<\/p>\n<div class='chessboard-wrapper'><pre style='display:none;'><textarea id='pgn4web_91070178' style='display:none;' cols='40' rows='8'>   [Event \"One Minute Endgame Challenge: KBB - K\"]  [Date \"2026.09.28\"]  [Result \"*\"]  [Variant \"From Position\"]  [ECO \"?\"]  [Opening \"?\"]  [StudyName \"One Minute Endgame Challenge\"]  [ChapterName \"KBB - K\"]  [ChapterURL \"https:\/\/lichess.org\/study\/lFMUoQx5\/0wGrD0Mj\"]  [Annotator \"https:\/\/lichess.org\/@\/DrDaveExeter\"]  [FEN \"8\/8\/8\/4k3\/8\/8\/8\/2B1KB2 w - - 0 1\"]  [SetUp \"1\"]  [UTCDate \"2026.09.28\"]  [UTCTime \"17:10:36\"]   1. Ke2 Kd4 2. Be3+ Ke4 3. Bg2+ Kf5 4. Kd3 Ke5 5. Bf3 Kf5 6. Kd4 Ke6 7. 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