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 "Unknown052"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/k7/P7/1KP3p1/5p2/5P2/7P/6n1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. c6 Nxf3 2. c7 Nd4+ 3. Ka4 Kxa6 4. c8=Q+ { White wins with a large material
advantage. } 1-0