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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[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown123"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/6pp/8/2K1k3/6P1/5P2/7P/8 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... g5 ( { Black can try: } 1... Kf4 2. Kd6 Kxf3 3. g5 Kg4 4. g6 hxg6 5. Ke6 Kh3 6. Kf7 g5 7. Kg6 g4 8. Kg5 g6 9. Kf4 Kh4 10. Ke5 g5 11. Kf5 Kh5 12. Kf6 Kh6 13. Kf5 Kh5 { Draw. } ) 2. h3 h6 3. Kc4 Kf4 4. Kd5 Kxf3 5. Ke5 Kg3 6. Kf5 Kxh3 7. Kg6 Kxg4 8. Kxh6 Kh4 9. Kg6 g4 { Black wins with a large material
advantage. } 0-1