Answers.Body: <p>No. Even if you got your opponent's king to a corner and checked it with your bishop, your king can control only two of the three flight squares.</p>
  
  <p>The most you could achieve is a stalemate, if your opponent helps. Therefore king and bishop vs king is considered a draw by insufficient material ("dead position" is the term used in the <a href="https://www.fide.com/fide/handbook.html?id=208&amp;view=article" rel="nofollow noreferrer">FIDE Laws of Chess</a>; see article 5.2.2). </p>
  
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Body: <p>I am playing with only a bishop (black squares) and king vs a lone king.
  Is it possible for me to win?</p>
  
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Title: Is it possible to win with a black bishop and king vs a king?
ThreadText: # Is it possible to win with a black bishop and king vs a king?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-05-08)
  
  I am playing with only a bishop (black squares) and king vs a lone king.
  Is it possible for me to win?
  
  **Tags:** bishop-endgame
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Related question, but with a wider scope: https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/5028/what-is-sufficient-mating-material  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2018-05-08. Score: 1
  
  No. Even if you got your opponent's king to a corner and checked it with your bishop, your king can control only two of the three flight squares.
  
  The most you could achieve is a stalemate, if your opponent helps. Therefore king and bishop vs king is considered a draw by insufficient material ("dead position" is the term used in the [FIDE Laws of Chess](https://www.fide.com/fide/handbook.html?id=208&view=article); see article 5.2.2).
  
  
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