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 "Unknown069"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/8/p5p1/Pk1p2P1/8/2PK4/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Kd4 Kc6 2. c4 ( { White can try: } 2. Ke5 Kc5 3. Kf6 Kc4 4. Kxg6 Kxc3 5. Kf6 d4 6. g6 d3 7. g7 d2 8. g8=Q d1=Q { Draw. } ) 2... dxc4 3. Kxc4 Kd6 4. Kd4 Ke6 5. Kc5 Kf5 6. Kb6 Kxg5 7. Kxa6 Kf4 8. Kb5 g5 9. a6 g4 10. a7 g3 11. a8=Q { White
wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0