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Balestra mate

Balestra mate is a queen and bishop pattern. The queen gives check and the bishop protects the queen, while the king is held on the edge of the board.

If your bishop already looks at the square your queen wants, the queen check may be mate because the king cannot take the queen.

Source database: 1,364 puzzles with this tag. This trainer: 173.

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Puzzle rating 867 · played 2,070 times in the source set

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