The advantage of the two bishops (when facing a bishop and knight or two knights) is a favorite of many masters. When working together, the two bishops can really dominate the chessboard.
If you are reading this instead of viewing a chess puzzle or game, then you must enable JavaScript on this website.
[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown52"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "4R1r1/5Qpk/7p/1p5P/3q1P2/p7/6PK/8 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1... Qc4 { The only effective defense to white's strong attack. } 2. Qxc4 bxc4 { Black's two outside passed pawns win. } 0-1