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 "Unknown389"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/pp3p2/8/3k1PPP/3n4/8/P7/6K1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. g6 fxg6 2. h6 ( { White can try: } 2. fxg6 Nf5 3. g7 Nh6 4. Kg2 Ke6 5. Kf3 Kf7 6. Kf4 Kxg7 7. Kg5 Nf7+ 8. Kf5 { Black wins with a large material
advantage. } ) 2... Nxf5 3. h7 Nd6 4. h8=Q { White wins with a large material
advantage. } 1-0