Bishop and knight checkmate

In chess, the bishop and knight checkmate is the checkmate of a lone king by an opposing king, bishop, and knight. With the stronger side to move, checkmate can be forced in at most thirty-three moves from almost any starting position. Although it is classified as one of the four basic checkmates, the bishop and knight checkmate occurs in practice only approximately once in every 6,000 games.

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