The Knight Vs. The Bishop #1
So in front of us now we have a fight between a white Knight and a black Bishop. White is a Pawn up and when I usually ask my students, what is White's plan here? Then they say, well, I will try to get a new Queen with the A Pawn and black then has to prevent me getting the Queen by sacrificing his Bishop for my Pawn and what I didn't just only need to do is to prevent black to exchange my last two H pawns, so that I can get a Queen.
Well, this is logical thinking, but if you are used to see chess tactics then a tactical bell should be ringing in your bell and you'll look at this procedure because the Bishop and the King are both placed on white squares and that give white an opportunity to make a tactical blow in this processing, he can play A6.
And now the Bishop has to take the Pawn, otherwise white will get a new Queen, and after Bishop takes A6, then Knight to E4 and then black is in top turn. Just see here, if he move to B7 or C8 then the Knight can check the King and winning the Bishop. So we have to go back.
Now, if the Bishop move to B5 or C4 instead then the Knight can still say, check on D6 winning the Bishop, isn't it?
And if the Bishop move to E2 or F1 then the Knight can keep check on G3, winning the Bishop. So, he cannot move the Bishop and he cannot move the Ling either because if he move his King back to E6, then the Knight will go to C5, check, winning the Bishop.
So, what can he do then? Well, if he try G6 to G5 then white will just play H5 and then black is still in top turn, and if he plays for example, G4 then H checks G4 check and after King checks G4 then black doesn't lose his Bishop, but instead white will have a new Queen.
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