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Become The World Chess Champion of Knight + Bishop Mates on Lichess

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 I have to admit I don't know my Knight and Bishop endgame very well. There are a lot of us out there. So I remember someone telling me that Lichess has a really good training system for this. Lichess Practice: Checkmating with Bishop and Knight The training system is so good that it takes you through a course the is interactive and gives you the history around the endgame and some examples of epic fails. Soon I'll be able to show up in civilized chess society as a player who can mate with Bishop + Knight lol. Just an aside, the game Ushenina vs Girya is an interesting game where the then Women's Chess World Champion, Grandmaster Anna Ushenina played a super-strong game to reach the ending against the very strong Grandmaster Olga Girya, to do this she had to eliminate all Girya's pawns and avoid stalemate tricks which she did and almost mated her on the spot but for one important fact, Olga's King was trapped in the wrong corner!!! Anna knew this of course and set a...