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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[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown489"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[FEN "8/p7/7p/1P2k3/3p2P1/2P2K2/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. c4 d3 2. c5 d2 3. Ke2 Kd5 4. c6 Kd6 5. Kxd2 a6 6. bxa6 Kxc6 7. Ke3 Kb6 8. Kf4 Kxa6 9. Kf5 Kb6 10. Kg6 Kc6 11. Kxh6 Kd6 12. g5 Ke7 13. g6 Kf8 14. Kh7 Ke7 15. g7 Kf6 16. g8=Q { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0