Jeremy Silman

If your opponent cannot do anything active, then don't rush the position; instead you should let him sit there, suffer, and beg you for a draw.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "White player"]
[Black "Black player"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "5b2/8/8/6k1/8/8/2K5/Q7 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

{ King and Queen Mate Against King and Bishop.|Much the same as K&Q mate
against a lone king. The king and queen should avoid the color of the
bishop's squares. } 1. Qe5+ { Driving the king toward the side of the board. } 1... Kg6 2. Qe8+ { A move calculated to pull the king toward the side of the board.
Other moves are OK also, such as Kd3. } 2... Kg7 3. Qe6 { Restricting the king's
movement.|With white's pieces on white squares, the bishop becomes
irrelevent. } 3... Bb4 4. Kd3 Ba3 5. Ke4 Bc1 6. Kf5 Bb2 7. Qd7+ Kh6 8. Qf7 Bc1 9. Qg6# *