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 "????.??.??"]
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[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown527"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
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[FEN "8/8/pp5p/2pk3P/8/1P1K2P1/P7/8 b - - 0 1"]
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1... b5 2. g4 Ke5 3. Ke3 c4 4. bxc4 bxc4 5. a3 Kf6 6. Kd4 Kg5 7. Kxc4 Kxg4 8. Kc5 Kxh5 9. Kb6 Kg4 10. Kxa6 h5 11. a4 h4 12. a5 h3 13. Kb6 h2 14. a6 h1=Q { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1