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 "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown33"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "5rk1/1p4pp/p3q3/3p1r2/7P/1P1QP3/PB3PK1/3R1R2 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Qg6+ ( { Black can try: } 1... Rxf2+ 2. Rxf2 Qg4+ 3. Kf1 Qh3+ 4. Ke1 Qh1+ 5. Ke2 Rxf2+ 6. Kxf2 Qh2+ 7. Ke1 Qxh4+ ( { Black dare not try: } 7... Qxb2 8. Qxd5+ Kf8 9. Qd8+ Kf7 10. Rd7+ Ke6 11. Rd6+ Kf5 12. Qg5+ Ke4 13. Qf4# ) 8. Kd2 Qh2+ 9. Kc1 Qc7+ 10. Kb1 { White wins with a large material
advantage. } ) 2. Kh1 Qg4 3. Qd4 Qh3+ 4. Kg1 R8f6 5. f3 Rg6+ 6. Kf2 Rg2+ 7. Ke1 Qg3+ 8. Rf2 Qxf2# 0-1