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Now let’s see how the Rook and the Bishop checkmate:
XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY

8-+-+-+-+( 8-+-+-+-+(
7+-+-+-+-' 7+-+-+-+-'
6-+-+-+-+& 6-+-vL-+-+&
5+-+-+-tR-% 5+-+-+-+-%

4-+-+-+-+$ 4-+-+-+-+$
3+-+-+K+k# 3+-+L+-+-#
2-+-+-+-+" 2-+-+-mK-+"
1+-+-+-+-! 1+-+-+-+k!

xabcdefghy xabcdefghy
The Rook checkmates on h5 and the Bishop on e4.

And finally let’s see a Knight and a Pawn checkmate.
XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY
8-+-+-+rmk( 8-+-+-+lmk(
7+-+-+-zpp' 7+-+-+-+p'
6-+-+-+-+& 6-+-+-+PmK&

5+-+-sN-+-% 5+-+-+-+-%
4-+-+-+-mK$ 4-+-+-+-+$
3+-+-+-+-# 3+-+-+-+-#
2-+-+-+-+" 2-+-+-+-+"

1+-+-+-+-! 1+-+-+-+-!
xabcdefghy xabcdefghy
The Knight checkmates on f7 (which is called as smothered mate) and the Pawn checkmates on g7.

The number one requirement to give checkmate is to attack the opponent’s King with one of our pieces. It
can be any piece except our own King. A King can never ever directly attack the enemy King. The second
requirement is – and this is the one which differentiates a check from a checkmate – to make sure the
King has no escape.

Kk

Let’s see now some situations when it is almost checkmate but not quite.

In the next position, Black is in check but not checkmate.

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