Learn How to Use a Bishop Pair

Learning to use and appreciate the power of the two bishops is a key step in every chess player's development.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov"]
[Black "Zholdosh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "2R5/r3b1k1/p2p4/P1pPp2p/6q1/2P2N1r/4Q1P1/5RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Nxe5 Qxe2 2. Rf7+ Kh6 3. Rh8+ Kg5 4. Rg8+ Kh4 ( { Black dare not try: } 4... Kh6 5. Rg6# ) 5. Ng6+ Kg3 6. Nxe7+ Kh4 7. Nf5# 1-0