Chess Endgame: Rook vs Bishop

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This is an important endgame position to be familiar with involving a rook versus a bishop. Generally speaking the defending side should move their king to a corner square that is of the opposite color of the bishop to allow for stalemate positions.

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  • ChessNetwork, great video. I have a question... what if Black chooses a strategy of keeping his king in the central squares and the bishop going around the chessboard? That way it would not be possible to check mate the black king. Is that a good idea?

  • @piluko2 Yes, in fact I forget to mention this. It's more like if you are forced to the edge and must go to a particular corner, to go the the one that is of the opposite color of your bishop. The king can't get mated unless it's somewhere on the edge. :)

  • Does stale-mate count as a draw?

  • @MoPar7055 yes

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