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 "Unknown406"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "3krr2/1Q2b1R1/2P4p/3p1pp1/3B2n1/P1P5/5PPq/RN3K2 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1... Qh1+ 2. Ke2 Bc5+ ( { Black can try: } 2... Bd6+ 3. Kd3 Nxf2+ 4. Bxf2 Qf1+ 5. Kc2 Re2+ 6. Nd2 Rxd2+ 7. Kxd2 Bf4+ 8. Kc2 Qe2+ 9. Kb3 Qc4+ 10. Kc2 Qe2+ 11. Kb1 Qd3+ 12. Ka2 Qc4+ 13. Qb3 Qe2+ 14. Qb2 Qc4+ 15. Qb3 Qe2+ 16. Qb2 Qc4+ { Draw by repetition of position. } ) ( { Black can also try: } 2... Bf6+ 3. Kd2 Qe1+ 4. Kc2 Re2+ 5. Kb3 Qd1+ 6. Kb4 Rb2+ 7. Ka5 Rxb7 8. cxb7 Bxg7 9. b8=Q+ Ke7 10. Qc7+ Ke6 11. Qc6+ Ke7 12. Bxg7 Re8 13. Ra2 Kf7 14. Rb2 Re7 15. Bd4 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 3. Kd3 ( { White can try: } 3. Be3 Rxe3+ 4. fxe3 Qxg2+ 5. Kd1 ( 5. Kd3 Ne5# ) 5... Nxe3+ 6. Ke1 Qf1+ 7. Kd2 Qd1# ) 3... Qd1+ 4. Nd2 Re3+ 5. fxe3 Nf2# 0-1