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 "Unknown524"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/1p6/3k3p/1P4p1/2Pp2P1/8/4KP2/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Kd2 { Distant opposition. } 1... b6 2. Kd3 Kc5 3. f3 Kd6 4. Kxd4 Ke6 5. c5 bxc5+ 6. Kxc5 Ke5 7. b6 Kf4 8. b7 Kxf3 9. b8=Q Kxg4 { White wins with a large
material advantage. } 1-0