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 "US Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.08.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jaffray, John"]
[Black "Kayma, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "5rk1/1p4pp/p2p4/2nPp3/1PP2rP1/Q4PNq/P6P/2R2RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1... Ne4 2. Nxe4 ( { White can try: } 2. fxe4 Rxf1+ 3. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 4. Nxf1 Qxa3 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) ( { White can try: } 2. Rc2 Nxg3 3. hxg3 Qxg3+ 4. Rg2 Qh3 5. Qc1 e4 6. Rh2 Qg3+ 7. Rg2 Qh4 8. fxe4 Rxf1+ 9. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 10. Kxf1 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2... Rxg4+ 3. Ng3 ( { White can try: } 3. Kf2 Qg2+ 4. Ke3 Rxe4+ 5. fxe4 ( 5. Kxe4 Qe2+ 6. Qe3 Rf4# ) 5... Qh3+ 6. Kd2 Qxa3 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 3... Rxg3+ 4. hxg3 Qxg3+ 5. Kh1 Rf4 6. Rc2 Rh4+ 7. Rh2 Qxh2# 0-1