Q & B Crisscross Mate

The Queen and Bishop Crisscross Mate (©SRT) is reminiscent of Boden's Mate, but here the queen covers squares that needed to be blocked by friends of the mated king in Boden's Mate. Note however that here, the bishop needs to deliver the mate unless have we extra help, either blocking pieces or a third attacker. In the diagram, g7 would need to be covered if the king were on f8 and our queen were delivering the checkmate.

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